Thanksgiving Memories

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. As a child I remember we had dinner at Aunt Maude & Uncle Willard's house (Kendall's) with their son Bill, Uncle Carl, and usually Aunt Mazie. I think Mom did Christmas dinner. Of course, I was just a kid so who knows if I remember any of this right. I do remember the men eating first and dishes washed for the women - I guess paper plates were out of the question or maybe they didn't even exist?? I think the kids were fed somewhere in between there. After the Kendalls moved to Florida/Piedmont, we either had Thanksgiving at Mama & Dad's or maybe Nancy was doing it by then? Sometime after I was married and settled down I took Thanksgiving off Nancy's hands and she did Christmas. I've been doing Thanksgiving for about 30 years now - except this year, Jessie & Stevie are giving us a break. (Thank you guys) This is a good year for a break but I'm looking forward to having it at my house again next year - I guess I'm just not ready to give it up yet.
In the 30 or so years I've hosted Thanksgiving we have sometimes had as many as 45-50 people but that has become a little overwhelming - age does have it's drawbacks. I realize I haven't taken many 'Thanksgiving' pictures - but here are a few to rekindle some of those memories. Anybody have any special Thanksgiving memories?? I'm very thankful for all of you family & friends and I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!!

Spencer Time

I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately - but that's ok because I really don't have much to say lately. Stevie & Jessie had a nightmare honeymoon but they say she is doing much bettter now. This picture is Spencer in his Halloween outfit - he's "Old McDonald" - we figure he will either be a Zoologist or a vet - he really loves his animals! Halloween night Spencer, Jenny, Karl, & Oscar all moved in with us while they have work done on their kitchen & bathroom. It's been fun and takes me back to my 'motherhood' days. Spencer has been very good at mealtime and goes to bed easily and since we are in a different part of the house we never hear him during the night. He has also learned how to turn all our doorknobs so he likes to open & shut doors, hide in the closets and has even visited me once when I was in the shower - I learned to lock the door. The best part of them being here is I have the perfect excuse not to clean - I have to play with Spencer. I know they look forward to going home to their 'new' kitchen & bath but it will be awful quiet around here when they go.