Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving this year was very nice. It is the first year we have not had a long drive on either end of the weekend, which made all the difference in the world to me! We did a low-key morning, the kids and I actually went to Matt's office with him and helped him get caught up on filing while he finished a few things. We came back home, napped, then headed to the in-laws house for dinner. It was nice to just hang out, have some wine, and play games with the family. Kelli and I are both very into the idea of making holidays and time together special by doing something all together. This year we played Scattergories, which was hilarious, and a lot of fun. Kiley and JoAnn both forgot the way to play about 4 rounds in, and started writing down words that didn't begin with the letter we were supposed to be using. Matt and Kelli both get really competetive and Matt eggs her on something fierce. JoAnn doesn't like fighting, so she tries valiantly to change the subject (her go to line it "Particularly nice weather, isn't it?"), Kiley sits back and watches and makes an occaisional wisecrack, Mike chimes in and stirs things up every once in a while, the kids play happily in the background, and I sip my wine contentedly and enjoy the show!