Thanksgiving

My family always celebrates Thanksgiving on the Saturday after so I spent Thanksgiving Day with my friend, Julie, and her family. Her parents and brother were also there and we enjoyed quite the feast! I watched some football, took a nap, and enjoyed spending the day with my good friends. On Friday I traveled to my parents for a weekend with my family. I was especially excited this year because we were having a special guest. When I was 3 years old we had a foreign exchange student from Peru live with us for 9 months. Now she lives in Virginia and she was coming to spend the weekend with us. My sisters had taken a trip to Peru to visit her a few years ago but the rest of us had not seen her in 38 years. It was good to visit with her. We had a houseful of people, as we always do as there about 30 just in my immediate family, and enough food to feed us all a few times over! The best part, besides seeing Mely, was my mom's stuffing. She makes it from scratch and it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it! My family plays a lot of games when we're together and this weekend did not disappoint! And a few of us even took in a night of bowling with a several of my nieces and nephews. All in all it was a good weekend! You can go here for pictures if you're so inclined...