Thanksgiving 2017

Posted 12/16/2017

The Holt Family @ Home

Being away from the immediate family during a holiday is generally not a lot of fun, but it's made all the better by having the opportunity to spend some time with family anyway.

In this case, I was blessed to spend Thanksgiving with the Holt family down in Tucson because it was impossible for me to get home to Michigan due to the frantic work schedule. They are excellent hosts! We had a wonderful time just hanging out and talking and laughing and (of course) eating and watching parades and football and movies and going on walks with dogs and doing all the things that families do when they are enjoying one another's company.

Let's Roll!

Braelyn and Jeanne cooked up a storm in the kitchen while us men-folk sat around and watched the parade. OK, I sat around and watched the parade and talked a lot with Jeanne while Brendon did something on his computer and Brason did something productive and and then suddenly it was time to eat and -- oh, all the yummy food! -- we stuffed ourselves silly and then returned to the couches to watch more television and talk and talk and talk; and then Braelyn had to run off to another dinner with her boyfriend's family and then the rest of us talked and talked some more until it was time to have some pie and ice cream and then because we had eaten so much, it was time for us to get up off the couches and take Wally for a nice, long walk around the block (as the sun was getting ready to set) and the moon was out ...

The Moon is Nowhere Near as Full as We Are!

... and I couldn't get a really good picture of it owing to the peculiar light and the fact that it was so far away and my camera doesn't do so hot on long-distance shots, but, trust me, it was really, really pretty -- and then we all went back inside and talked and talked some more while we waited for Braelyn to return (because none of us can relax while someone we dearly love is out and about, away from home, but expected any minute); and then, when she finally returned; we talked just a little bit more and then all retired to bed because -- well, because we had eaten a lot and exercised a lot (especially our jaw muscles) and our eyes were heavy and it was late and tomorrow is another day.

I do hope everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I thoroughly enjoyed spending this one with my sister and her wonderful family.

Now, about those leftovers...