Saturday, November 19, 2011

Counting our Blessings, Thanksgiving 2011

Our Thanksgiving festivities were kicked off this year with Eva Grace's school having a Voyage of the Mayflower chili supper. We went to check out her artwork displayed in the hallway. My favorite was her poem.

"Thanksgiving looks as pretty as a kitten. Thanksgiving sounds as loud as 300 people talking. Thanksgiving smells as lovely as pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving tastes as sweet as candy. Thanksgiving feels as bumpy as a rotten pumpkin. Thanksgiving is special to me because it is my sister's birthday."

Saturday, Aaron and Chelsea came in from Benton to celebrate Thanksgiving. They ended the meal with a game of Candyland with the girls.

Since we celebrated with Aaron already and Andrew was coming in weekend, the Brown's decided to volunteer at the Community Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving day rather than do the big traditional feast with just the few of us. It was very rewarding for all of us, even the girls. After volunteering, we went to Grandma's house for burgers.

Later Thanksgiving night we did our Traditional feast at the Barrett's. It was sad this year because John Kirby IV passed away last week. Burt carved the turkey, as always!
Later Thanksgiving night we did our Traditional feast at the Barrett's. It was sad this year because John Kirby IV passed away last week. Burt carved the turkey, as always!










Emma and Eva Grace both made wishes and duked it out over the wishbone.
Emma won :)We ended the night with Ella dancing with Poppy. She loves to dance or anything Princess related. Poppy was a sweet dance parner. They spun around the living room floor for a good 10 minutes.

Black Friday I went shopping with Amy and Destiny, our tradition for the past 10+ years. They opened the stores at 10pm and midnight this year for the first time ever. Not sure how I feel about this. It seemed too early. I went though so it must not have bothered me too bad...

Saturday, Andrew and Sarah were in and we did Thanksgiving with them. It was also Emma's birthday :) We did breakfast that morning and the big traditional feast that night. We also did lunch on Sunday before they had to drive back to Atlanta.
It was a great Holiday. We have been given too many blessings to count.