I realize that this post is way late, but I just wanted to quickly say that Heather and I had a blast at Thanksgiving this year. It was our first time being a host to my family during the holidays, and we had a great time. I admit that being someone who likes things organized, clean, and tidy, having 12 people stay in our home (half of which were kids) for a week required a bit of a mental adjustment (we had 18 people at one point). But I wouldn't have traded it for anything. And we would really like to do it again, maybe for Christmas one year?!
Sarena, Adam, and Co as well as Alyson, Nate, and little ones all came over for Thanksgiving. It made the holiday meal a breeze since everyone each made a few dishes. Sarena helped Heather and I do the turkey, which turned out to be not as difficult as we expected. Heather had a great time putting oil and rosemary under the skin, and it made the bird so moist and delicious! Heather set a high standard for herself for later holiday meals.
It was also great to have Brittany and her kids as well as Meagan and Chris in town for Thanksgiving. It was a large group with 18 of us total, but we had a very good time. We explored DC, hitting the Natural History Museum, the American History Museum, and the Publications and Engraving Bureau of the Dept of Treasury, which is were they make the paper money. The boys played Turkey Bowl mud football on Thursday morning. Trevor was a phenom during football with something like 2 interceptions, a touchdown, and several great takedowns on guys at least twice his age! We also played lots of games, went to the park, and had a great night playing hide-and-seek at the church. On Saturday, we spent the day at the National Zoo, a first time to a real zoo for a few of the CT Sharp kids.
It was a great Thanksgiving, and I can't wait for more fun family holidays at our house in the future.
Heather did an excellent job prepping the house for the meal. She was thrilled that we finally had an occasion to use almost all our of china. All those years of lugging it around and storing it finally paid off!
Here we all are in downtown DC.
Trev being swallowed by the giant shark jaw at the Natural History Museum.
Here we are at the National Zoo.
The green-tinted housing glass made this picture appear funny.
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Great job on your Thanksgiving event! We wish we could've added to your crowd. Everyone said they had such a great time together - now your home is officially inaugarated for future events!
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