November 27 Thanksgiving Day 2025

"I trust in Your unfailing love. I will rejoice because You have rescued me. I will sing to the LORD because He has been so good to me. " (Psalm 9.2)

Thursday:  HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Kelly is hosting the main meal of the day (she always does!) for their family, Shane, and guests (their new neighbors from Sri Lanka), as well as myself. I was asked to bring stuffing (dressing), and I also brought some homemade pumpkin muffins, chocolate chip muffins, and some banana bread. I arrived at 11 am--our goal was to eat this massive lunch at noon so that we would be all finished and ready for the big game at 1:00. 

Everything happened as scheduled, except the invited neighbors wrote down the wrong time for dinner and so they didn't arrive until about 1:00. Most of us were already downstairs in front of the monitor awaiting the game too begin when they arrived.

SO ... the Lions lost to the Packers (boo!), 31-24. Mr. Cal was cheering for Green Bay (because they have a "G" on their helmets, which naturally stands for "Gregory", which is his allotted birth name). It was a ... rather ... painful game to watch. Honestly! We have so many injured players right now, so we are playing rather handicapped (duh). Anyway, we LOST.

I barely took any pictures at all today. There was just too much going on. The little kids were playing their own game of football right under our noses and feet and bodies, all during the REAL game. And I, naturally, was yelling loudly all through the game. I was really quite worn out when it was over.

Aidan beckoned me downstairs a little earlier to see his huge panorama of some kind of ... toy party ... chess tournament ... dinosaur smashing party (it is pictured below).

Here is Aidan, explaining the entire concoction to me.

This is the very L O N G table set up to accommodate the 13 people who were supposed to enjoy the meal together. We had already finished eating when I snapped this picture--only Erin was left, enjoying some extra treats at the table. The kids and I spent some time on my phone on Amazon trying to figure out what to order for Christmas. I think I pretty much ordered what Erin wants, but I'm going to have to concentrate on Tuesday to get the other kids' understood and ordered.

Jesse was also "hosting" today. He and Matt cooked a turkey and all the trimmings. Family just dropped by when they could. Since I had already eaten enough to stuff a boat, I just nibbled here and there. Chris and Ella stopped by later in the day. When I showed this picture to Chris and Ella yesterday, they thought it was terrible of both of them--they DO look a little weary, don't they?

I forget which football game we were watching at this point. Jesse and the boys seem to keep up with what is happening with all of the professional teams. I actually don't watch football at all, unless the Lions are playing; and since I have no way to watch even the Lions play--Jesse is kind enough to let me watch them over at his house and his really really nice large-screen (not pictured). 

Two days from now is Chris's 22nd birthday. The plan right now is for me to cook a nice dinner and have everyone come over to celebrate.