The weather throughout my break was great and Wilmington was beautiful like always. One of the main reasons why I love Thanksgiving so much is because usually the weather is good enough to hang out side. Yes, it is really cold sometimes but that is when you just hunker down closer to the fire, and we always seem to have some quality family time out there.
Besides the fire and eating, one of the favorites to do is a good game of cornhole. We can get pretty competitive because of course no one likes losing!! There always seems to be someone that ends up not playing anymore!!
Even though not everyone was around for Thanksgiving and my Papa had to have major heart surgery (thanks be to God all went well) during that time, we seemed to have a very entertaining, relaxing, and loving time together!!
Of course a good round of wrestling brings the family together, too!! Becca, I am sorry to say but I think Jay won that round!!
Great minds think alike . . . Purple, blacks and greys must be the new fall colors!!
Another normal specialty for Thanksgiving is playing a round a golf with Dad and Uncle John. Usually Dan tags along too if he is there but this year Jay came out to play which was fun . . . we ended up stinking together which helped the round go faster!! The round was not all bad since I did out drive my dad one hole!! I ended up getting a birdie on that hole after the best approach shot of my life!! Oh how I miss playing golf . . . especially since I was just starting to get the hang of it before I started with SLB!
Yet another great tradition is having an oyster roast the day after Thanksgiving. We go buy local oysters at the local fish market. We hang out at the fireplace that now as a place that we can steam the oysters. My uncle used a wet burlap sack on a hot iron sheet. The oysters tasted very yummy. I never thought I would say that since I had a very bad experience with my first one I tried when I was younger!! It is a great way of ending Thanksgiving with the fam!!
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