Thanksgiving 2017

The day started off with a very excited little boy DVR'ing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade just in case we didn't get to watch it for any reason.

Of course, we all woke up in time and watched most of it before we were to be at Mamo's church for Thanksgiving Lunch.

The boys decided to turn on the tablet and participate in Verizon's 360 live view of the parade and decided it was quite exciting, if not novel.

This year I hadn't prepared much compared to the last few years.  Cindy was bringing The Turkey and Judith and Stephanie would bring A Ham each, and so we brought our usual Cranberry Relish and a store-bought Chocolate Cream / Creme Pie.  I figured that just about everyone would bring a traditional Pumpkin or Sweet Potato or Pecan Pie, and I needed to bring something different :P

Judith had said that they were expecting 70 people to show up.  Each  year, Judith extends an invitation to her church  members and anyone who might not have a place to go for Thanksgiving was welcome to come.

There was definitely enough dessert to go around several times.

And the food. 

Woah.

It was a good time for Jaxon to catch up with cousins he hasn't seen in a bit, and I think he had a blast.

He is really sweet with the young ones, and it was gratifying to see them playing alongside each other so sweetly.

It was also a good time for us to catch up with friends WE hadn't seen in a while either.

Over Very Good Food.

*love*

Hannah celebrated her 2nd birthday with us! She may not look too thrilled, but it may have been nap time :)

I LOVE that Allen and Anastasia are wonderful with their younger cousins and are never too old to hang out with them.

Later that evening, we watched an amazing sunset as we drove  towards Stephanie's for Leftovers and more family fun :)

It was Glorious.

We also passed by Walmart, and its parking lot was FULL. 

People were in Walmart on Thanksgiving Day, shopping for pre-Black Friday.

I don't know how I feel about that.

I tried to take a photo of the boys watching the Cowboys' game, but instead, the camera decided to focus on Ace's very intense gaze. 

*LOL*

Photos of the other family members turned out much better.

I mean, these two girls still look cute even when while chewing!

One Word : Cousins

I tried to get a "proper" photo of the kids, but had plenty of ones like THESE.

And the only semi acceptable one still had Ace being super intense.

THIS one, though, is my favorite.

:)