Saturday, December 12, 2009

Thanksgiving in St. Louis

We flew to STL the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We immediately started eating....
This kind of spread was on the counter daily. We each gained 10 pounds. (please ignore my husband's face. He hates having his picture taken and thinks if he makes bad faces I won't use it. He is wrong)
Wednesday night we went to hear my Uncle Brian sing. He is awesome and super fun!
That's him front and center.

Even Dayna and her boyfriend joined us.
Joey and I bonding. He also loves having his picture taken.
Thanksgiving Day... tradition is to get up and go to the zoo. It's free, it's fun, and you get to walk around a lot before eating 3,000 calories in one meal.
Dad and daughter.
Ty clearly loved the cold weather.
In case you didn't get the full effect of his lovely ensemble.
Eric, Joey, Me, and Ty with the Penquins.
TURKEY's DONE
Dad trying to carve the turkey, save the juice, important things.
The table all set and lovely (I set the table, thank you)
Dinner is served!
Joey opted for a different angle.
YUM!
Thanksgiving was also Dad's birthday- so we sang Happy Birthday, blew out candles, and ate chocolate pie. YUM.
Favorite Cousin Alison came over! I miss her so much! I don't get to see her enough!!
She, her mom and dad, and boyfriend- all came over to go see A Christmas Carol- 3D. So fun!
Oh, back at the table... another meal. Friday morning brunch. French toast casserole, egg casserole, lots of food. we ate a lot, can you tell?
Breakfast is served. Wow.
Then we walked outside to see my brother Eric had nicely parked the car sideways. Thank you Eric. That is very nice of you. Why is it that no matter how smart or successful you are, you always revert back to being a kid when you go home for the Holidays?
Friday night .... PCH class of 1999- 10 year reunion!
These were the cheerleaders.
And that's the end of our pictures.
We also went to the mall, worked out, watched football, ate some more, and talked a lot.
Then we went back to Dallas and went on a strict diet.
The end.

1 comment:

Household Executive said...

Ok, Ty's outfit at the zoo is cracking me up. Hilarious!