We had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving. This year was our year to be with Grandma and Papa G but they decided to continue enjoying Papa G's retirement and went back to California to spend it with Great Grandma and Great Aunt Mary. We could have gone to Grandma and Papa H's Thanksgiving celebration but we decided that this year it was best for our family to do it on our own. We woke up to a house without power but that wasn't going to stop us, if needs be Grandma and Papa G have a barbecue that works like an oven so I could've cooked the turkey there and there is a gas stove in the basement. We were gonna be fine. The kids all got snuggled up in their zipper jamas and we set about straightening up the dining room and living room. We rearranged furniture too. When we were done we decided to get out of the powerless house for a little while, we took the kids to McD's to play and eat an early lunch. Turns out it wasn't such an awesome idea, it was colder there than at home!!! The kids had fun anyway. When we got back home about 12:30 the power was on! So we set up the Christmas tree and decorated it. After that we pulled out the Christmas train. Then I finally started cooking dinner. We bought rolls, we bought pies, but our family made everything else. It was a remarkable day! I have NEVER had such a relaxing holiday since we had kids. We had our own schedule, there was no organizing to be done, it was whatever WE wanted to do at the time we wanted to do it. We even all got dressed up fancy for dinner in the dining room with Grandma G's good china!
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