Oh-Bla-Di

Even though it’s been nearly two full weeks since our favorite holiday, I can’t just skip documenting it here. Someday, I intend to get this ol’ blog printed, so I need a full and accurate accounting of our days.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving with lots of friend and family and food. You know, the three most important F’s in life.

Anyway, we had a houseful of people with Matt’s family, some expected…

…and some not.

Michael and Whitney showed up Thanksgiving morning as we were just headed out to fry a turkey. Such a big surprise as he was supposed to be in the field over the holiday.

Speaking of frying a turkey, this was new for us and turned out really well. Dave brought all the implements and, since we had plenty of men to gather around the fryer, everything went very smoothly.

Did you know there was a uniform for frying a turkey? It involves getting as redneck decked out as possible and holding a beer. Bonus points if you wear a beer holster.

I do most of my Thanksgiving cooking the day before, so Turkey Day is mostly centered on setting the table and waiting for the turkey to cook. That leaves me with plenty of time to be organized. Someone evidently found my organization amusing enough to photograph.

In my defense, tables like these don’t just happen.

So, there.

In the end, though, this day was perfect in that there was plenty of time for the most important stuff. Relaxing, hanging out with good friends and loving on our family.

We have so very much for which we are thankful.