Happy Thanksgiving!

IT is yet again Thanksgiving. This is the Twin's second, and though they still don't know what it is, they will have memories of it for next year.
This year the New Family traveled to Illinois and spent Thanksgiving with Mom's sister and her husband in Carmi.

Before the trip, everyone got a hair cut.

Buggy got a Bob refresher

Dad discovered she prefers whole apples, not peeled.

After the last photograph, the Family loaded up into the car and drove the (no not 3 hours and 55 minutes thank-you-very-much-for-nothing Google), 4 1/2 hours to Carmi. Dad was tired and took no photos. The next day...

Aunt Lisa bought them both robes.

The New Family, with body clocks that were still on eastern standard time, woke up very early compared to their host family's custom. One of their host's children, who shall remain nameless, did not rise until 10:30 a.m. central time. The New Family apologizes for the noise they caused disturbing your sleep Hailey. Oops, sorry. Again. Well to be fair to her, and to be nice to her since Dad likes her anyway, she is a teenager and it is common for teens to tend to stay up later and sleep in later. Dad recalls working second shift as a young man and loving it. His energy curve was perfectly suited the 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.

Dad did childcare in the Man Cave

Buggy stayed up past her nap time

EJ is fascinated by football

Kregg is proud of his feast.

TNF's host, Kregg and Lisa

Lisa and Mom

Extended family

The Cooks with Buggy and Grandma Irma

Buggy jams

Tryptophan nap

She didn't "wanna" nap, but did.

And Dad feasted on this,

It is customary in many families to give thanks to the hands that prepared this feast during the Thanksgiving dinner blessing. Perhaps we should also be thankful for the millions of other hands that helped get the dinner to the table: the grocer who sold us the turkey, the truck driver who delivered it to the store, and the farmer who raised it all contributed to our Thanksgiving dinner because our economic system rewards them. That’s the real lesson of Thanksgiving. The economic incentives provided by private competitive markets where people are left free to make their own choices make bountiful feasts possible.

From The Pilgrims' Real Thanksgiving Lesson
By Benjamin W. Powell  |  Posted: Tue. November 25, 2008

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2378 

And that is what Thanksgiving is.