We took a self-portrait before leaving the house.
Lori made a fun, mix-cd so we were rocking out in the car.
Two of my mom's aunts were there this year, Berniece (the little one) is 98 and Inez is 92 (my dad also made a rare appearance).
Roll perfection.
My cousin's daughter made cute place settings for everyone and sat Randy and I by her parents, so we were very pleased with the arrangement.
The spread!
We had a pretty good-size crowd but were still missing a bunch, it's nice that whoever can make it is welcome.
My plate of goodness.
Landon played catch outside with my cousin's 9 year old son and was impressed with his knowledge of all things football (which is really saying something because Landon isn't easily impressed).
Lori made these festive cupcakes for the kids; but they all ate the top part and left the cake.
Our kids weren't going to participate in the talent show this year, but my aunt asked Whitney to be the M.C.. Here Whitney is saying, "Welcome to the talent show!".
Whitney also ended up sharing her drawing talent by taking some requests and then drawing them. The first one was a dog catching a football, the next one was a cat sitting in a chair knitting.
After the Thanksgiving festivities my mom, dad, Lori, and our family went to the movies to see "The Life of Pi". It's a shame I don't have a picture of us because Lori had accidentally bought tickets for the 3D version! We all hate 3D so we weren't keen on this, my dad told her she is out of the will! We all liked the movie and the 3D didn't end up being too awful (the previews were nightmarish though).
We then moved the party to my parents' new house where we finally acknowledged Randy and Whitney's birthdays (from October!).
We also played a lame game of Qwirkle (I'm terrible at it) while watching a Michael Jackson special (which was quite good).
But still, I had no pie!!!
6 comments:
My MIL does all the cooking for everyone for Thanksgiving and doesn't like anyone bringing anything. However, I brought my tofu pie this year and didn't tell anyone it was made with tofu and it was gobbled up, not a crumb left. I was so amused by that.
I love the family talent show idea.
Lori's cupcakes look yummy. As do the rolls.
I would have been bummed by that pie selection also. I like to eat healthy but if I am going to have dessert, I want chocolate!
girl you need some PIE
my favorite is blueberry-
I hope your Christmas vacation comes soon :)
Those rolls are perfection! I wish I could get mine to look like that!
I only made 1 kind of pie this year. It was good and worth the effort.
No pie--that ain't right. And I don't even love pie, but I eat a ton of it this time of year.
Whitney's artwork is impressive! And so are Lori's cupcakes.
So funny about my dobbleganger at the grocery store. I hope you were picking up a pie!
Our desserts were super disappointing this year too. Pumpkin e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. Cookies, pies, bars, cake... blah blah blah. I don't even hate pumpkin but I never choose it. There are way better things to eat!
It looks like a good Thanksgiving...
Those rolls really do look like perfection, yum.
We saw Life of Pi in 3d, too. Not my favorite, but I got used to it.
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