Thanksgiving 2008

What a Wonderful day we had with family and friends! We did everything from a haircut to eating and visiting to playing on the trampoline and of course watching football! We had mom and dad here. Then my sister, Dawn came with my youngest niece, Riley, and brother-in-law, Ralph. My other niece, Amanda, unfortunately had to work:( Then we invited our friends across the street, Jim and Wanda came over to join us.

Dustin doing Tommy's haircut. It needed done and I was cooking so a little coaching

and off he went. What brother wouldn't love to chop off their siblings hair! It actually turned out pretty good in the end too:)

Sister is here! Time to get the turkey rubbed down and ready to cook. It's a very yummy turkey recipe that is soaked in a brine for a day or two and then stuffed with onions and garlic and rubbed with seasonings. Moist and very, very YUMMY!!!

My niece, Riley was having a wild hair day when she showed up. Grandma Brown suggested I try and put it in a braid. She has never had it braided before and it came out pretty good. I know I'm not in the usual hair braiding position. She kept leaning back so I kept leaning back and that is how we ended up about half way through the braid :)

Then another first for Riley...the trampoline!! Her mom and dad took her out to bounce around. She wasn't quite sure at first, but she caught on quick! She kept telling Grandma "C'mon Gramma. C'mon!" Grandma decided to stay at the sidelines though :)

The food, entertainment and visiting was all great! I love this time of year when the family gets together. We missed our family that couldn't be with us this year. We love you all! Now it's time to get into gear with the holiday's coming quickly!

Ready...

Set...
GO!!