The Night Before Thanksgiving

We did things a little differently this Thanksgiving.  The day before Thanksgiving, Mom and Jacci headed for Arizona.  So instead of our usual Thanksgiving Day meal, we had our Thanksgiving dinner together  on the Saturday before.  For Thanksgiving Day I drove to Minneapolis to spend the time with Lisa and Colin and to meet Colin's Mom and her partner, Nancy.

The temperature on Wednesday was an incredible 58 degrees.  Winnie and I even stopped at a rest area and had a little picnic along the way.  That night we all went down to the Stone Arch Bridge to walk.  The weather was beautiful and so were the lights of downtown Minneapolis.

Photo #331/365: Michael

I was really glad to have Michael with us for Thanksgiving this year.  We missed Lisa.  She is running a marathon in Seattle this weekend.

Photo #330/365: Cat Thanksgiving

The cats were not invited in, but they had their own Thanksgiving dinner.

Photo #329/365: After Dinner Conversation

Mom prepared dinner for Lauren's family, but she joined us in the evening for some after dinner conversation.  I just love this area with the comfortable arm chairs.  Those are my feet on the ottoman.  Jacci was setting up her Kindle for Mom to take with her to Arizona.

Photo #328/365: Thanksgiving Dinner

We had an earlier dinner than usual, because my nephew, Torin had to work in the evening.  His roommate, Jonathan, joined us for Thanksgiving dinner.  We had many things to be thankful for today.

Photo #327/365: Carving the Turkey

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.  It was an unbelievably beautiful day, with temperatures in the sixties.  I drove to Ames in the morning to pick up Michael.  Later we went to Jacci and Donner's house for dinner.  Here is Donner carving the turkey, and Jacci putting the final touches on our dinner, along with my nephew, Kendrick.

Photo #329: Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did! Jacci and Donner hosted the dinner. Here are Donner, Torin, and Kendrick getting ready to enjoy their meal.