Thanksgiving

Well, this year we're joining my (Nathan's) parents and some siblings for Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey and stuffing and cranberry and YUM. We were a little late getting our sweet potatoes and apple pie in the oven. It was great watching mother and daughter making that pie together, and though apple might not be one of the traditional pumpkin favorites, who can say NO when those little blue eyes ask to make apple pie? Her daddy has a hard time for sure!

Did I say sweet potatoes?  We used the recipe from Our Best Bites (the picture was flagrantly stolen from their linked blog entry. They're amazing! They're delicious! We had a preview last Saturday and I made Lisa make another batch for today. What a good guy, huh? I did help with the cleanup and some pie pastry cutting.

Since I'm going in random order, I'll also mention morning football. We had 16 guys from the neighborhood get together and no one (that I know of) wimped out when they saw snow had fallen overnight. (: Okay one almost wimped out, but he gave in to the peer pressure. :) It seemed like everyone had a good time, everyone was a great sport, no injuries were reported (maybe a few bruised egos) (mine) and I expect some really sore legs tomorrow or the next day. I don't think I've ever played football in the snow before. I didn't have great shoes for it, my feet got soaked, but I had a great time.

So thanksgiving... I'm thankful for a wonderful family, a comfortable home, plenty to eat, a good job that keeps me engaged and gives me a comfortable living, great friends, and too many other things to count.