Thanksgiving Part I

Since both my family and Keith's family live in town, we get two Thanksgiving dinners and two Christmases. I'm glad we no longer split the days in two or alternate holidays like we did in the beginning of our marriage.

Well after not taking very many pictures during November, I made up for it over the weekend. On Thanksgiving day alone, I took over 150 pictures. So, I'll share my pics on shutterfly but I'll only post my favorites here.

You can see my priorities right here. Of all the yummy food, I take several pictures of the pies. The one in the front was Linda's apple pie and it was yummy indeed.

Emma

Tyler

London

Emma

Grandma Nelson

Gail & Dottie

Chase

Me, Emma, Leah

The entertainment for the day is the annual Thanksgiving Day Horseshoes Tournament. It costs $1 to get it and the winning pair gets to split the pot. John runs two pits and the tournament still takes up the entire afternoon (and we wouldn't have it any other way). It becomes the days entertainment as those who are not playing are watching (and eating).

Josh and Keith won the tourney this year

After the tournament, the sun was going down and it was starting to get chillier. The weather was actually wonderful considering that the forecast was for rain all day long. But the firepit became the focal point after the tournament was over.

Justin & Keith

Leah and Jason

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
--Henry Ward Beecher (found at tentmaker.org)