Our incredible amazing long Thanksgiving weekend is coming to an end. There are few days that bring as much joy as these five days do. Although Catherine arrived Sunday and Andrew and his mother arrived Monday evening, it didn't really feel celebratory until I was finished with work on Tuesday and Andrew arrived home with Thomas. He had taken his mother along to see the campus, and it felt so, so good to begin our weekend Tuesday evening. We ordered pizza and watched our episodes of "Friends". It was so relaxing and felt so good to just laugh and laugh.
Wednesday of course brought some sleeping in and lots of preparations for the meal. Fortunately Andrew and his mom enjoy those meal preps, because I sure don't! Dinner was some quiche and we continued on with sharing "Big Bang Theory" with Andrew's mom.
Thursday was Turkey Day! We watched the parade and my mom and her friend arrived early afternoon. They were on the road back home by late afternoon, and we watched some football after cleaning up, then more TV shows, and we did absolutely nothing at all productive. Thomas brought his girlfriend to the house for a while, and we all seemed to be in a turkey coma.
Friday we got the decorations down from the attic. My mother-in-law napped for several hours, so it was difficult to get things accomplished without waking her. Andrew got all of the outdoor furniture put away and got the outdoor lights up. We got the trees up and mostly lit, although by the time we realized we needed to get some new lights, we decided it would wait until the next day. We had leftovers and more TV shows in the evening. I was supposed to attend my high school class reunion, but decided I just simply didn't want to do so.
Yesterday we made a trip to get lights and some groceries. We were home in time for the OSU vs Xichigan game, which did not go at all the way we had hoped. We finally got the trees decorated late afternoon into early evening, and two crock pots of potato soup was for dinner. I continued decorating until we ND vs USC game, which also didn't go my way. We finished with more TV shows, and early bed times as Andrew needed to hit the road early to get his mom back, and I needed to make an announcement in church this morning.
Catherine and Thomas left 30 minutes ago to get Thomas to his girlfriend's house for a few hours before I pick him up and take him back to school. The house was on the way for Catherine as she headed back. It is suddenly way too quiet around here. These last five days have held so much love, laughter, and good times I can't even describe it. It all went so very fast, and I'm so, so grateful for the moments.
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