Thanksgiving 2008

So we are not born and bred American but we have been very happy to embrace all things American since we moved here in 1994. One of our favorite holidays has to be Thanksgiving, all the feasting of Christmas with nonen of the extravagence of useless gifts. It was made even more special this year because my family had been seperated by educational and professional requirements but we all came back together for this week. Joe flew in from University on Tuesday joined by his good friend Heather from Upstate New York, my mum arrived for a few days from the UK. The house just seemed to buzz constantly with teenagers (always hungry!), lots of coming and going, seemed to empty the trash every 15 minutes and the washing machine returned to its glory days of going constantly.

Thursday was a relaxed feast day, lots of hanging out, watching cool movies, doing jigsaw puzzles, playing games and the essential fine wine tasting and good food munching late into the night. Friday November 28th was Joes 19th Birthday. Now it hardly seems possible that I am old enough to have a 19 year old child and it feels now that the past 19 years have gone at warp speed. I want to go back and do it all over again, I have enjoyed Joe and his brother and now Katie, sooooo much, I feel like I am almost done and I dont like it one little bit!!! How did this premature baby turn into this strapping young man who now towers over me and just moves me out of the way and laughs if I get annoying!!!!! However, he did have a great day. Tradition has it in our house that the morning after Thanksgiving all the men go flying in Colins plane and today was no different. Then Katie had organized all of Joes closest friends to join him at the local rock climbing gym so they could climb all afternoon. Post rock-climbing everyone came back to our house for pizza and cake, noisy, messy, always expensive - I say bring it on......I will sleep when I am dead!!!!