Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving 2012 was full of good food, a nap while watching football, and an awesome evening spent playing football with 3 of my nephews-Caleb, Joshua, and Andrew.  After a morning spent feeding and cooking (I thought my stove had gone out but it ended up lighting up), I headed down I-65 towards Darlington.  I-65 wasn't too incredibly busy but mostly full of Illinois drivers.  After arriving and being greeted by an awesome crew of boys, I spent some time chatting with the adults and watching The Lorax with the kids.  Then it was time to eat!

After lunch, it was time to finish watching the movie then turn on football.  Of course, a nap followed soon after.  It'd been a long week before that day with 3 nights ending close to 2 am processing the deer that Ben had shot on Sunday.  I was beat, very tired.  The boys kept asking me to go outside and play with them but that chair was just too comfortable and my stomach was still full of food so I kept putting them off.  After dessert though, it was time to go play some football with them.  However, it was unlike any football I've ever played.  I was the quarterback and I threw to Caleb who would then turn back to me and I had to touch him before he got to the endzone.  Once Joshua and Andrew joined in, it got even crazier.  Joshua was on Caleb's team, being his blocker and Andrew was on my team, helping me "tackle" the others.  After every play, Andrew would want to tell me our strategy and I wish someone would have come out and taken a picture of the scene.  Little Andrew pulling me down to his level so he could lay out his idea for winning.  Most of them went something like this, "First we're going to chase them down to the sandbox.  We're going to throw sand in their hair.  Then we'll take them to the pool and throw them in.  Then we'll take them to the garden and tie them up.  Then we'll get the ball back."  Great strategy Andrew..... :-)  He's hilarious though.  He can say the most inappropriate thing with the cutest smile and you'll end up laughing, even though you should be scolding him.  He's a cutie who I think looks exactly like my brother.

After some football, it was time to say good bye to Mom and Dad and I stuck around for another few hours to hang out with the boys and read them some books.  They went off to bed and I watched some TV with David and Penny.  I left for home and called mom on the way so we could chat while I drove since Forrest's car had no radio.  Overall, it was a good day.  Thankful for so much....but that'll wait for another blog post.

In this uncertain time, take time to think of everything you have.  Remember that we have more than a majority of the world.