A Weight Family Thanksgiving

The morning after Thanksgiving, Doug had a surprise for me and wouldn't tell me what it was. With his dad, the 3 of us pulled up to the Aurora Sportsmen's Club and the surprise was that I'd be shooting for the first time! Gulp! I've never before held a gun let alone shot one. The guns were all Doug's dad's. And he's got more where these come from. So yes, a warm-hearted, touching, Hallmarky holiday for sure :) jk


^ AK 47

^AK 47

^AR16 (M16)

^ .45 Glock

^ .22 Pistol


Actual Thanksgiving day was great. That morning Doug, his dad, and his brother Matt went to the ward's annual Turkey Bowl and played football, laying out some rowdy deacons :) Some kid ran up and tried to plow Doug but bounced right off of Doug and flew into Matt and then ricocheted right to the ground. Wish I coulda seen it! Boys only, though :) Muddy muddy fun.

Then Thanksgiving afternoon my parents came over to Doug's parents in Batavia for the big dinner. It was interesting having both sets of parents there, but YUMMY yummy yummy was the food. The best thing was the roasted sweet potato, cranberry, & apple side dish :)

The afternoon the day after Thanksgiving we went to my parents' in Huntley for another yummy dinner with my brother Adam and my brother Brian & his family. Watched a few movies and hung out, then came home that night.

Our holiday just consisted of 2 days so we were busy, and no crazy shopping at 4 am :) Ya lunatics! It was a great time, though. Good to see family. Hope you all had a great holiday!