My daughter her boyfriend and his two sons showed up first, that was a big surprise to my brother. We made like this was the reason we kept telling brother we needed more ice, chairs, silverware, etc. Then his daughter (giving rabbit ears in above picture) appeared. I wasn't there to see it (I ran out to say hi) but they said his mouth actually dropped open, he said "I'll be dammed" and he grinned and went for the door when he spotted them out the front window.
A great time was had by all, the "I'll be dammed" will go down in family lore as we usually figure out when something is "up." Everyone was there, even the 5 dogs...(two were left behind with sitters). It had been a long morning, lots of coffee, I decided that I had time to visit the facilities before the blessing.......I knew I'd made a grave mistake when it was deadly quiet before the flush...I came out of the bathroom to face like 30+ eyes.....then my niece said in an impatient voice tapping her foot ......"Jesus is waiting!" My daughter said the blessing and she did make it through it but then we bent over double....was just too much... So now we aren't really a sacrilegious family, but that will go down in history.
So then I put the above photo on facebook, it has been blurred and crinkled to protect the not so innocent...We were trying to decide which family photo we liked best on facebook. My daughter who wasn't there got on and said "I'm the pretty one." I replied gently, "but you weren't there." She said "I'm still the pretty one."
So you get the gist of how the whole thing went....TOO much food and laughter.
I'm just wishing everyone could have a Thanksgiving like that at least once, even including asking the lady walking down the street if she wanted to be in the photo......no we didn't but it was mentioned......and no we hadn't been drinking...
