day of thanks

ah, thanksgiving. the day of all out eating and lounging. christmas day comes in a close second, but on christmas i actually feel guilty about eating so much whereas on thanksgiving it's a no-holds bar at eating.

to balance out the food, charlee and i decided to run the turkey trot in the morning. oh man, was it a beautiful day. it felt like spring. perfect weather. my favorite part of the run was when charlee and i stopped halfway through at her car to drop our new shirts off and so i could grab my iPod. which as usual, i hold in my hand and never use. except for listening once to 1,2 step as i crossed the finish line.

this year's dinner was a little different in that dad and carol sadly weren't able to come up. luckily my dear cousin andrea graciously opened her house to us (along with cooking an awesome turkey). charlee and justin tagged along which made for an even more enjoyable time.

i decided on this most important meal of the year to try my hand for the first time at baking pies. half way into baking the first one, i checked in on it to sadly realize that i was in fact cooking it in a bake pan and it was indeed caving in on itself. classic. i also burned my hand trying to get it out. not to worry, i somehow made an analogy out of it for my talk yesterday on forgiveness.

i love eating and vegging. and then eating more. everyone needs a day like this. bring on christmas is what i say...

check out the great dessert my sister made. charlee and my cousin audrey became the best of buds.

i'll admit, i had never done the whole wishbone thing before. my aunt thought this was a disgrace. i think it's a tragedy that on my first try i lost. maybe charlee wished that next time i would win...

here my cousin is describing how to take the neck meat and put it in the gravy. you can tell how i feel about that.

all the men lounging.

dear aunt sanna and the little ones