Thanksgiving 2008

I love Thanksgiving!!! On every single level. I don't care if the stores are putting their Christmas up after Easter (well it feels that way) to me the Holidays do not start til Thanksgiving!!

And what is the best way to introduce the holidays!? A lovely cheese and cracker tray, pickle and olive tray and a veggie tray!! I forgot deviled eggs!! Came so to canceling but decided to press forward!

Another tradition!! Christmas movies. Every year I get close to wavering the few days before Thanksgiving! But the Christmas movies do not come out til Turkey Day!! Liam and Cameron watching 'Olive the Other Reindeer'!

Obviously we are over at the Buytas's! Thank you Mike for inviting us!! Thank You Naomi for unlocking the front door ;)

Jason and Charlie. Oh good lord he is going to end up one HUGE dog!

Um who in the frick falls asleep BEFORE eating turkey!?!?!

If only my blog had a scratch and sniff option!! This was one darn good turkey!!

It's time to eat!! It's time to eat!!!

Oh look proof I was there!

I have always wondered what those huge dog crates were for and now I have it figured out!!

Kids are in the crate so now we can play with the dog!! Of course the first phrase that comes to mind is 'Awe bless!'. Poor thing actually looks scared in this shot!!

Naomi tried to have a quiet tender moment with him but this boy was fired up and ready to play! 5 seconds later he was down and all over the place!!

Now this is were I would end my Thanksgiving blog on a sentimental note. But I won't. The next day Cameron amused us quite a bit with numerous drawings of him and Liam playing in that dog crate. What in the world happened in that crate the ignited my son's imagination!?! I guess only the boys will know ;)

Liam is in the crate under a blanket. My favorite part about this one!?! Cameron drew himself with a Mohawk!!!!

Cameron , still hawkin', and Liam in the cage but from a different perspective. We were so confused until Cameron said 'wash hands'. AHH!!! They're looking at the sink!!!

Oh look at this one! The house is much more decorated!! All of these pictures were drawn over the course of the day. Everytime he did a new one we would grab the camera! I think I could fill a whole album with pictures of his MagnaDoodle alone!!

Thanksgiving at the Buytas's was lovely! And stress free. Well for me I don't know about Mike he did most of the cooking ;) But ooooh my it was a good turkey!!

it's always Hannah Hannah Hannah!!

Thanksgiving week was all about the Hannah! Her play 'The Princess Stories' and her PowderPuff Game. She had so much fun at both!

I am not sure if I am allowed to use the word 'cute' to describe a high school play. Does it bring down the street cred when Mom says 'Oh that was so cute!'? But it was. And to be honest these kids were quite funny. Teenagers have found out one thing that much younger kids just don't have. Embarrassment. And even though they were on stage cause they wanted to be they were so quiet and rushed through their lines like crazy. We loved it! Let them work through the stage fright and go on to become great performer's!!

Oh Hannah's face is covered. She is in the back row with the yellow hat. She is a part of the Seven Dwarfs. She is 'Exhausted'.

Here she is in the second story. As that narrator! I know I am biased but I so believe this kid is a natural performer. She looks at the crowd she uses inflection on her voice. The hardest part for her is her retainer. Poor thing. This is also the part where I hang my head in shame. We remembered to bring the video camera!! We just didn't actually remember to use it!!

The whole team on stage performing!!

They all deserve to bow!

Of course they were nothing without this girl ;)

Here we are back at the school the next night to watch Hannah on the football field. And of all nights here in South Carolina it was fricking COLD!! I was watching Jason prep for the game in perplextion cause he was putting on all kinds of clothes! Now I know why.

She is out of hot cocoa the bum!! She just wouldn't smile for the camera :P

OK I can find Hannah right away in this picture. Maybe it is because I love her more then all of you guys love her!! ;) Isn't she the cutest one out there!?!

OK she is the one holding up the pad in celebration!! The Freshman team just got a touchdown!!

Number 55! That was the number Jason was in his brief high school football career!! I am not sure what happened back then but he doesn't have a darn thing to do with football now. One of the main reasons I find him uber dreamy!! ;D

First game over. We took Cameron back to the van to wait for her next game. But when we went to watch it we didn't take the camera!

The Freshman team didn't do so well. Hopefully they learned some valuable lessons to bring back to their game for next year as Sophomores!! I know I did. Thermals, gloves and thermoses of cocoa!! And possibly some face paint. Depends on how dedicated I feel to the team!! Maybe get Jason and Cameron to paint their chests!! Maybe I can actually learn what else there is besides a touchdown!! ;)