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Our Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 26, 2010
Our Thanksgiving day was jam packed with fun family memories.  When we lived in Virginia our neighborhood hosted a "Turkey Bowl" on Thanksgiving morning.  The Dads and kids (and visiting families) would go play touch football and eat doughnuts and hot chocolate.  Moms usually stayed home to enjoy a little peace and quiet cook the big Thanksgiving meal.  Harry was really missing this tradition, so we decided to get a Turkey Bowl going in our neighborhood.  Dave made awesome flyers and e-mails and Harry created a list of families who were staying in town.  And thus, Turkey Bowl 2010 was born!

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I bought the doughnuts and kolaches but it was too warm for hot chocolate!

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Kate was the lone cheerleader...and she was quite the doughnut eater too.

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Harry and his buddies.

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Turkey Bowl 2010

The game was a great success.  After the kids played for a while, the parents joined in (and we beat the kiddos).  I think we started what will be become an annual neighborhood tradition.


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Dave made this gorgeous and delicious gluten free, dairy free apple pie.

After the turkey bowl, we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for a little while (one of my favorite traditions) while we cleaned up to go to Uncle Joe's house....

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Cousin Olivia, Uncle Joe, Aunt Waukita and the peanuts.  Cousin Jamie wasn't  there yet.  I am bummed I did not get a picture of him.  The peanuts LOVE their big "college kid" cousins.

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After a few photos, the peanuts were dying to go swimming...

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They started off in the hot tub...

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Kate contemplating the bigger and much colder (unheated) pool....

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We had a great time.  The food was delicious and the company delightful.

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This morning Harry and I were supposed to have a special date.  He is very interested in photography.  So, we were going to go out to breakfast and on a photo walk downtown.  But we woke up to RAIN and 37 degree weather.  So, we opted for a delicious breakfast out and skipped the freezing and wet photo shoot.  We are going to try it again when the weather warms back up.

I think we are going to put up the Chrsitmas tree instead:)


(p.s.  I did nothing to these photos at all (too lazy)....it really is still that GREEN here.)

25 comments:

  1. What a great initiativ with the football game! Looks like tons of fun.
    It looks like you had a good day with the family. I'm impressed at Will's ability to keep his hair style even during swimming! :)

    And I'm exited to see what will come of Harry's interest in photography. Maybe we'll get to see some of his work here? At least he'll have a great teacher!

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  2. The cold arrived here yesterday...the high of the day was like 41. I stayed in all day...it was wonderful! Today I am putting up my tree. Hope you are enjoy this sweater weather!!
    Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your date with Harry.
    I love the Turkey Bowl...we do something like that on Christmas Day afternoon.

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  3. Turkey bowl sounded fun. We did our city's turkey trot - big family event. I can't believe it is so warm in Texas. Shorts? Swimming? Coat weather here in CA. I like your fun ripped jeans and cute metallic ballet flats. : )

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  4. Y'all are so precious! It sounds like you had the perfect day!!!

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  5. Haha, I did laugh out loud at your comment about Kate being quite the donut eater!! That is a precious picture of her. And I simply love that you started the turkey bowl tradition. That is perfect!

    Sounds like a super Thanksgiving.

    Jill

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  6. Look at you with a big hole in your knee!! Love it! We had the same super warm Thanksgiving here too.

    The football game looks like so much fun! What a great thing to do!

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  7. BTW...I really wanted to see a picture of you playing football!!!

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  8. Great job organizing the football! It's a fun tradition that we enjoy too. Our game was in the snow/rain/sleet. The boys loved it and the girls stayed home and cleaned.

    Love the family photos and the smiling faces. Looks like a fun day!

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  9. I just loved the photos , it seems like you had a great time.Where are the lovely dogs?

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  10. Happy Thanksgiving! Even for a lifetime southerner, I was surprised to see them SWIM on Thanksgiving!

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  11. Love starting new traditions! So glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Warm here, but not warm enought to swim!

    Blessings,
    Robin

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  12. Too warm for hot chocolate!!? We had a few flurries where I live :) And I just love how you have these one-on-one dates with your children. Such a great idea!!

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  13. it's so crazy to read this post and think that we drove to Thanksgiving dinner in the snow. We also enjoyed a gluten free pie but it did have dairy in it. OH and we also had a turkey bowl. the guys love it.

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  14. Happy Thanksgiving! Looks like you had a wonderful day. I cannot believe you swim on Thanksgiving. We were so cold just taking a walk with the dogs and we were bundled up with hats and mittens.

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  15. What beautiful peanuts you ahve there! It's cold yet green here too. Happy Saturday to ya'll~

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  16. It looks like you had a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving. I love the Turkey Bowl idea too! Cute pictures of the peanuts!

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  17. Sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving and the start of a fun, new tradition!! Love your pics...your family looks so fun and relaxed! Just how you want your memories to be :-)

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  18. Love the new tradition that you've started in your neighborhood. My little one would have loved to have swimmed in our pool on Thanksgiving. However, we had freezing rain & a light dusting of snow. Crazy weather!!!

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  19. Love the photos. Swimming on Thanksgiving?! Wow, I must admit I'm a bit jealous. I'm glad you and your sweet family had a nice Thanksgiving.

    Gin =)

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  20. Swimming and too hot for hot chocolate is what I call a lovely November!

    Sounds like you had a fabulous Thanksgiving Kim.

    Lea
    xo

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  21. Happy Thanksgiving! I think it is soo neat that Harry is interested in photography...what an awesome hobby to get into! I know he'll be great, especially with you as his partner!:)

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  22. Awww! That last shot of you all is so darling! I love when Kate smiles like that! It was 37 here too yesterday morning... I'm frozen! The photos look beautiful, Kim... so glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving... please send Harry out here for a photo date with me too! xoxo

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  23. What a fun Thanksgiving tradition -- the turkey bowl! Looks like a blast. Seems strange to see you all in short sleeves and swimming -- it was 12 degrees on Thanksgiving morning here! Brrr!! Sweet photos!

    Janet

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  24. It was rather warm here too... not warm enough for shorts, but no one used the dining room table for Thanksgiving, instead sitting outside on the deck!

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  25. What a fun Thanksgiving! It was warm in Northeast TX too!! We played kick ball and hide and seek once it got dark. I'll take warm over cold ANYDAY! I don't do cold well!

    Kim

    PS. Love the photos!

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