Thanksgiving

We are ready to go to Granny and Pa's for our traditional Thanksgiving. It changes each year a little, but the constant in the equation is food, lots of very good food. Last year, we gently asked Granny how she made her dressing. The result is a perfectly handwritten recipe that Isaraporn (Ploy) Kitcholwiwat scribed. It is awesome. The boys, especially Rain, think they need to stop eating to "store up" for tomorrow. I told them not to worry. Dinara has told them that the mashed potatoes are to die for, so we better peel and cook a big bag of potatoes.

So we are about to treat the boys to Granny and Pa's little house where they have lived since 1973. And have them experience turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, turnip greens and turnips (if they are adventurous), pinto beans, cranberry salad, cranberry in a can, fruit salad, corn bread, rolls, chocolate cake, chocolate chess pie, and more. I think the German and the Thai kid will go back home thinking Thanksgiving in the USA rocks, at least in the Thompson household. Just wait for leftovers!

I hope every one has a wonderful, adventurous, and most importantly, safe Thanksgiving with their families. It is a time of thanks and a time of giving. It is a time of realizing what the people who came to this country over 400 years ago (I know we are a baby country) sacrificed a lot. We talked today at work about what would have happened or how our country would have developed if the pilgrims had landed at Myrtle Beach instead of Plymouth Rock. Oh my!