Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving in Farmington this year. It had been ten years since we'd been down to share the holiday with Nana and Grandpa, so we decided to see what we had been missing.  Peg has hosted Thanksgiving for 52 years! 

It was a gorgeous few days in Farmington.  John and I got to get out to meet some of his old friends for a drink on Wednesday for cocktail hour.  We came home to cook dinner for the hosts and then we went on a date to Ikea in New Haven.  I know, kind of random, but we wanted to avoid traffic and we knew exactly what we wanted so we arrived at 8:50pm and were out by 9:00.  On the way home, we stopped through Waterbury to see Mark play at a bar.  It was so great to see him in action. 

We spent quite some time on the bike path over the river

The kids got gussied up and the meal was delicious.   Peg and Lynn spent much of Wednesday preparing for the feast and they took care of almost everything.  It felt so strange not to be cooking.

It was great to see the Jones family:

 

While we were gone, our friends the McNight/Roberts family had stayed at our house and taken care of the pets.  Michael's mom lives in Underhill and they wanted a little more space.  Their son, Dean, is Cally's age so it was fun to have them staying with us for the weekend upon our return.  Dean and the kids have met before, but they quickly bonded and were fun slumber buddies. 

I'm so thankful that we got to spend time with John's family and eat a lovely meal.  Art and Peg were wonderful hosts and the kids loved seeing the Abbott side of the family.  We got home in time to hang out with friends and ski a few days.  Seeing the kids rip turns down the mountain was a major high light.