Thanksgiving 2009

This year we spent Thanksgiving at Chelsea and Dana's in Raleigh, NC. Greg and I stayed in a hotel close by as all the beds were full. Lindsay and Regan came and Clayton and his friends from DC. Denton and his family weren't there this year as they just had new baby Dodge. And of course we always miss Jordan and his family out in Utah.

The day started out with Clayton bringing Chelsea the beautiful flowers you see in the pictures.

Who taught this boy to be so thoughtful:) ? We can only take a little of the credit.

Everybody helped make dinner and we had a wonderful meal. The grand kids made darling turkey's out of little cans so we could all write what we were thankful for and loved about each other. They also put on a fun pageant they wrote and practiced with their mom. It was adorable. It was fun to see how they worked Felix's jump roping into the play. He really is an amazing little athlete. I told him we will probably see him on TV someday in a jump roping competition.

We had a nice low-key no pressure day just visiting and hanging out. Of course we ended the night with yummy pumpkin and apple pie. And after we went to bed, the Hearts championship began. Regan was the winner.

Shown are some of Dana's amazing paintings that are in progress. The big one is a commissioned one. It looks spectacular in their dining room so he will have to new another one similar when he has to give that one away. He is a genius at painting and it is fun to watch his projects in progress.....it is an amazing process.

Uncle Clayton and friends took the kids to the movies on Friday while we shopped. We ended up at Pizza hut for a late lunch and then people went different directions. Chelsea and I to the movies, Grandpa and Dana and the kids watching movies at home, Clayton and friends over to Lindsay's in Winston Salem...then to the Biltmore today. Greg and I stayed over one more night and spent the morning at the Wood's making snowflakes and playing checkers.....and then had a yummy lunch.We got home tonight to unpack and do laundry.

We had a great time but it will be nice to be back in my own bed. The Marriot mattresses are not as good as they used to be.

Many thanks to Chelsea and Dana for their warn hospitality and great food. A good time was had by all.