Thanksgiving 2009

We were invited to two Thanksgiving meals this year! The first one was with one of the online friend groups we are in. The man hosting it allowed 120 people to come! Of course, this was a drop in meal from 11 AM-9 PM, so there wasn't 120 people there at one time! We went around noon. It was so nice! Everyone brought something good to eat! We made pumpkin muffins and heart attack mac-n-cheese! We met a lot of nice people and saw some familiar faces! This was so nice and a neat way to celebrate Thanksgiving!

Our next meal was at 5 PM at our friend, Jill's house. We met her through the girl group. She is from Canada, so she hasn't done a real Thanksgiving dinner at her house before. She did an AMAZING job for not being an American! :) She made the turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes! Yum, yum!!

This is Jill, our lovely host.


Michael and I before dinner.

Michael cooking the field peas! We brought homemade beer bread, and fresh veggies from Michael's grandpa's NC garden! The field peas and corn were delicious! We also brought some canned green sweet peas just in case there were no other veggies at dinner. This was the first time I ate green peas. I really liked them! Yes, another green veggie to add to my list!! Whoop, whoop!!!

After dinner, we all decided to go sledding instead of going into a turkey coma at the house. We had so much fun!! We were in a lot of pain while walking up the hill after going down, but it was totally worth it! We sledded for about an hour or so and then decided to do a train with all of us holding onto each other as we went down the hill before we called it quits. This was a blast! We ended up doing the train for another 30-40 minutes after our "quitting" time! haha!

Michael walking back up the hill. This was his first real time going sledding! :) He loved it!
The sled he is holding is our new tobogan...which is funny to say because we use that term for the snow hat on your head! And Jill, the one from Canada, calls a snow hat a toke!