Thanksgiving 2013

On the day before Thanksgiving there was a light dusting of snow, but it was enough to get two little girls excited about donning their snow pants and playing outside for just a little bit.

Sophie even practiced her snow angels inside, though there really wasn't enough precipitation to even come close to doing the real kind.

I spent the day inside getting ready for our Thanksgiving feast.  I made homemade rolls, prepped cinnamon buns for Thanksgiving morning, and baked the pumpkin pie.  For the first time (perhaps ever) we had our Moyers Thanksgiving meal on Thursday instead of Sunday.  The hunting was sparse and nobody really needed more deer anyway.  Plus the Hendricks clan wasn't getting together Thursday since Granny and Papa were journeying south at the time.

So we had a meal, just the six of us, on Thursday.  And it was nice.  My other responsibilities were Great-Grandma's macaroni and cheese and a pot of green beans.  Grandma took care of the turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and cupcakes for the non-pumpkin-pie-eaters.  We ate around 2pm and came back to the table a couple of hours later for dessert.

Then the girls and I went with Grandma and Grandpa up to the cabin for a couple of days of unplugged time.  Once we arrived and unpacked we ate some rolls and turkey for a light supper.  Here's two turkeys roasting by the fire while eating their rolls:

I took the opportunity to do some reading, both for my Japan class and for pleasure.  My pleasure reading was Quiet by Susan Cain, and I really enjoyed it.  It's about being an introvert in an extroverted world, and I really resonated with much of the book.  I also learned a lot about myself, my family, and my students.

While we were gone, Charles attempted to catch up on some work projects, as well as dealing with our conked-out water heater and shopping for a car since his has been nothing but trouble the last couple of years.  So once we got home Saturday, Charles and the girls decorated for Christmas and then we went out to eat and bought a new water heater.  Grandpa and Charles installed it on Sunday while we were at church.  And then Monday we bought a new car.  How's that for one extended weekend's activities?