OK. So, it has been quite awhile since I've blogged. Like months. A lot of them. But since I am going CRAZY after 4 days of being snowed in I thought I'd take a crack at it. Forgive the so-last-year posts.
Thanksgiving 2011
Thanksgiving is the only holiday I have never missed since I moved up to Seattle. Most of the time I have the ability to make it more than a weekend trip, but I have done the 3 day trip in order to be apart of this holiday my family makes wonderful. I don't like turkey enough to make me look forward to this holiday or even pumpkin pie. I like that we come together to make a meal for everyone we love. I like that we put our differences aside and push the kids on the swings. I like that we try our hardest to be thankful for each other. I like that we take Thanksgiving into all hours of the night with a bon fire. I like that our family consists of family and friends and friends of friends. I like that I know I can invite anyone who needs a place to go.
This year was my first time waking up with my mom and aunt to get stuff started. 5am. In the past I took any opportunity to sleep in, but this year I guess I grew up. I was up and happy to be up. I actually got told I had a bit too much energy. I was just excited to be apart of the process. An art I have lost sight of while being cooped up in my apartment for the past 4 days.
Peeling a ton of pounds of potatoes at 5am definitely requires coffee & help from a lifelong friend. Kourosh & I have been friends since elementary school & finally got to see each other after almost 3 years. A big part of what I was thankful for.
Aunt Kristie cutting up our beautiful work.
Preparing the tent. Who would have thought zip ties were so difficult to figure out?
The tables
Kourosh desperately wanted the tables to be zig-zag, but seriously it didn't work.
Seating 50+ people is tricky & requires straight tables.
Taking a moment for fun.
My lovely niece Kennedy counting plates in her "thanksgivingish shirt". No paper plates, napkins, or plastic forks for us.
Sisters working together. AWW.
My mom & the first turkey. Yes, we have multiple.
Carving them all.
The family pretending we love each other.
Thanks Joe for the help with the group photo.
The epic annual bon fire.
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