Thanksgiving

It seems like just last week, we were enjoying long days and warm nights.   And before we know it, Thanksgiving has come and gone.  I've never had a year pass as quickly as this last one has, full of adventures with my two favorite things in the world, Ty and Vicky Lee.  

My parents decided to host Thanksgiving this year.   My sister, Laura, came up from San Francisco, and luckily we were able to spend some quality sister time together during her visit as well.

Tom, my Dad's oldest friend, also joined, along with our friends Mara and Jeff, and Mara's mom, Jeanne. 

Ty and Laura making the first difficult decision of the evening.... to start with red or white??  I think they ended up opening both.
 

This was by and far the largest group meal my parents have ever had at their house.  Dad built a special insert to extend their small round table to accommodate everybody.  And there weren't enough chairs in the house, so Mara and Jeff pulled the bench into the kitchen from the piano and sat on that.  They didn't seem to mind.



Mara and Jeff brought the turkey, along with homemade cranberry sauce.  Ty braved the unenviable task of carving.... 
 

By the end of the meal, I'd caught a mean case of the hiccups --  probably due to trying to swallow while laughing, a dangerous combination.  Laura kindly instructed me in some natural hiccup remedies.  One involved me splayed over the piano bench while holding my breath.   I became light-headed, but the hiccups didn't go anywhere. The other involved prolonged handstands....  

Although Ty and I look forward to many longer adventures on Vicky Lee, we will both miss spending time with our families and friends.   Because they are all so great.