Turkey Day

We started the day with our annual Turkey Bowl football game with a big group of friends from West Seattle.  We've been getting hammered with rain lately but, fortunately, the rains held off making for 'ideal' Turkey Bowl conditions - lot's of mud on the field, but not so miserable that people stayed home.

We had a good-sized group - about 12 or so kids, and 6 or 8 dads.  Thomas was wiped out and decided to sleep in instead, not waking up until shortly before we got home around 11! Tim came by and joined us, as he has for the last few years.

We started out with one large game of touch football, then the 7th grade boys decided they wanted to play tackle instead, so we split into two games and the dads played with the remaining kids.

Karri came by later with hot chocolate and homemade banana bread - a Turkey Bowl tradition.  Mmmm.

As always, it was a great time and a fun way to get some exercise and fresh air before the afternoon feast.

'Don't mess with me' Victoria and 'Heisman' Matthew after the game

Later in the afternoon, we hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house.  Two families joined us - the Bendzacs and Hartwichs.  7 adults and 9 kids.  Everyone contributed to the meal and we had WAY too much food, but boy was it good.  The turkey was delicious and was accompanied by some amazing side dishes - 2 types of stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, cranberry, and more! Of course there was pumpkin pie, whipped cream and ice cream to top it all off. We were all blissfully stuffed by the end of the meal.

Afterward, a group played a spirited game of Tripoley while the rest of us sat and talked over an after-dinner drink.  We were exhausted by the time the last guests left around 10:30.

A very fun day!