What with both kids home, their grandparents here, plus uncle/aunt/cousins, it seemed like a normal Thanksgiving. Feels now like the house has been broken in, and is official! Family's been here. :)
There was a boatload of traditional food (of course) plus a few new recipes, all of which were yummy this year - sometimes they're not! The lounge was a favorite destination for the introverts in the family to sneak away and have a little privacy to read amidst the chaos upstairs. The bar was open, and used now and then - not a continuous stream by any means. But the tastings were fun! I mean, how often does a parent have the opportunity to do shots with your kids? Um, hey... that sounds a lot worse than it was...
And, as usual, shopping Friday in various combinations of people, the teenagers sleeping until noon (mostly), movies at the theatre and on the couch, grandpa doing projects in the house and yard, various people on the internet catching up on emails or tracking stocks or updating myspace accounts, the family band (cover your ears!), Carl and me writing a song and laying down guitar and vocal tracks on his portable 4-track recorder, and of course cards, cards, and more cards... the boy is good enough to keep himself in pocket money playing cribbage in college, but still can't beat the old man. Awww...
Everyone's gone now except the weeuns (as they say in Glasgow) and with them it's off to church this morning, a little Christmas decorating this afternoon and then off to the airport.
Next week... vacation's over. But it was nice while it lasted.
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