Thanksgiving, times two

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! We started out in Rural Hall, the week before Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately, the boys had the creeping crud and were sick the first 4 days they were there. But, they recovered and are doing great now. Mikey went hunting and shot two deer- we have a freezer full of venison!

Gunney did his fair share of walking, crawling and climbing (even standing on MawMaw's table). We celebrated Mike, Taylor and Dillon's birthdays. Rachel and Momma C went to the craft fair and we had some delicious food. Due to scheduling conflicts and illnesses, we ended up having Thanksgiving/Birthday lunch at the local Mexican restaurant... and it was great.

Momma brought a cake and they also sang the traditional Mexican birthday song. We surely missed having family lunch at Johnny's and are looking forward to our Christmas Eve there!

Round two took place in Georgia and we got to host Thanksgiving for the first time ever! Wednesday was Mike's birthday and the boys set up the ping pong table and went to the firing range while Rachel and Kerry made two birthday desserts- cinnamon toast crunch cupcakes (a pinterest pin) and the Clifton Family Ice Cream Cake (secret family recipe... yum!).

On Thursday, Mikey deep fried a turkey and it was FAN-tastic! Cuzzie and Betty flew in from Colorado, Mom, Dad, Kerry, Brad and Caleb flew in from Cary and Kyle, Leah, Emery and Beth all came over from their houses in Georgia. It was so nice of everyone to travel to be with us... we really appreciate it! In the morning we "ran" in the Gobble Jog. Kerry and Brad ran in the 10k, while the rest of us attempted the 5K... it was too crowded to run! Betty, Kyle and Leah managed to move through the crowd to run at least part of the race.

       

Rachel, Kerry and Beth spent the day in the kitchen cooking while Grammy and Pop entertained the kids.   Brad beat everyone at ping pong in between helping Mikey fry the turkey and wings. Kyle, Leah, Betty, Cuz and Emery came over shortly before meal time and brought some delicious food.

We got to skype with Poppa that evening and truly enjoyed having Ging's recipes of Toffee Bars, Crab Canapes and the crowd favorite (no surprise) Bourbon Slushies!

We are so looking forward to seeing everyone at Christmas!