Thanksgiving 2009
Thanksgiving 2009
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
The Halls had a very quiet, cozy Thanksgiving in Portland, but we missed having family near. I took the entire week off to catch my breath from the busiest year I’ve ever had workwise. I had several projects around the house that I’d been putting off. I haven’t gotten everything done, but I’m making progress. Now I know how Becky feels every darn day (time goes too fast, and there’s not enough of it to get thru all the daily projects).
The kids were in school until Wednesday so the family-time didn’t start until Wednesday pm. It was Becky’s b-day on Wednesday, so we had a little family outing, followed by a snickers cake (mmmmmm). We took the kids to the Sherwood YMCA to climb the rock-wall. That was a good experience for the kids. The guy who manned the ropes was VERY good to the kids and everyone got up to the top at least once.
Thanksgiving was cool and rainy, but the fire was nice and warm. Mom had lots of help in the kitchen: Reed made the stuffing muffins this year, Riley, Rachel, and Robyn helped peel potatoes and make butter (The neighbors from across the street gave us a couple of jars of heavy cream, a pecan pie, homemade cranberry sauce, and a bottle of wine–thanks guys!!!).
Little Randy manned the toy train almost all day. Probably just as well because there was a lot of help in that kitchen.
Our turkey this year took over 4hrs to bake, so we were pretty hungry when the popper popped. And it was fantastic. Becky outdid herself again, and we had a really nice dinner, complete with the fancy schmancy china and silverware.
It was good to talk to everyone via phone, but we wish you could have been here. After dinner, we had a video chat call with Nana & Papa in Arizona to catch up for a bit.
Not sure yet what the rest of the weekend holds. Lots going on in and around Portland this weekend so we’re going to play it by ear.
Here’s a video of our Thanksgiving celebration that includes video from the kids’ school program, rock wall, kitchen shenanigans, and dinner.
Hope your holiday was fantastic. Links follow….