Thanksgiving Bonus

A Table of Thanksgiving

I think our favorite, collectively, thing about
Thanksgiving this year was the table.
Well, for some it was the abundance of pie
(there were EIGHT, we had 13 people.
You do the math...okay, lazy, that's like
more than half a pie each including the babies, SO FUNNY...)
BUT for most of us it was the table we had
set to gather our family around.

Our centerpiece and the reading for dinner
was unwittingly provided by Matt's Family
in Michigan with their kind, ever-faithful
invitation to festivities up there. Sadly, we couldn't
attend in Michigan but we enjoyed having part
of them there with us this way. (thanks, Barb...)

The babies, Lisa and I made napkins for everyone
with their little hand prints. (I'd bet you haven't lovingly-quarreled
with your baby sister about the length, size and placement
of a turkey's waddle.)

The place settings included
our Holiday dishes that we have been collecting now that
there are 13 of us and mixed pieces from the set of
Brown Toile Dishes that my Aunt Maudie passed on to me
once belonging to Judge Prime.

It's funny to me that we got better pictures of the dishes
than we did of the family...and even though the picture
quality is poor, I think it still shows the joy of our togetherness
around a shared dinner table at Thanksgiving.

Giving Thanks

Bad Blogger...Remember Thanksgiving?

Ugh...once again I've gotten caught up in living life and
have gotten behind on sharing it with loved ones.

The HOLIDAYS...seems like it takes my household
until February every year to recover.

Well...during our virtual absence we've packed ALOT in.
Perhaps we should resume telling our story
at Thanksgiving morning 2008.

It was cold, it was early...we were in Broadripple
at an event with 7,022 other people that is being
touted as the 3rd largest race event in Indy, behind
The Mini and The Race for the Cure,
The Drumstick Dash...

Eli wanted to run it (we said no...the crowd was GIAGANTORIC).
SIDENOTE...he, Eli, also hates his picture below, I had so many
layers on him that he looked like a red and black version
of the Michelin Man. Everybody say, "Puffy Coat".
Isaac pedaled it (fell asleep on his
handlebars the last 1/2 mile or so).
Matt and I starbucks-ed through it.
It was a blast and it felt good to be
"moving" with a purpose.
All the proceeds went to Wheeler Mission Ministries.

We didn't see it, but a Fox News guy nearly killed himself
walking backward to film Isaac and his wheels. He filmed FOREVER.
Isaac was probably on the news but who in their right mind
watches Fox News? (That's a little shout out for all my
ultra-conservative family and friends...luv ya :))