ThAnKsGiViNg!

Sam, Pancho and Annie

I love Thanksgiving! It's all the fun of getting together with family without all of the "gift buying" pressure of Christmas. Of course it probably helps that my Mom always hosts an absolutely delicious meal at her house with the table beautifully decorated, so I just have to show up with my appetizer and green bean casserole and have fun! This year we had My brother Sean and his family and my brother Kevin and his wife Kate down from Seattle. We also had my cousin Michele and her family as well as 2 sets of Aunts and Uncles and their kids (my cousins). All in all there were about 32 of us. Once again, Thank goodness for Mom, I couldn't pull that one off! We always have so much fun together. We watched football, ate, talked, and laughed a lot. Of course it is never a meal at the Murray house until we all go around the table and answer one of Dad's questions!

I even talked my sisters-in-law into going shopping with me at Walmart at 5:00am the day after Thanksgiving! Yes-that means we got up at about 4:30. Everyone thought we were crazy! Actually it was kind of crazy when we got there. First we waited outside in the dark, cold rain. Then when they opened the doors it was a stampede! Kate and I were running for the camcorders (on sale for $250) We lost Francine, who ended up finding her way to the long line for GPS's (she scored one for Dad for Christmas). Then we were off and running for the Mp3's, toys, a vacuum and more! I LOVE shopping and I got even more invigorated by the competition of it all, everyone grabbing and running. Kate and I even got in some fighting words with a lady over a comforter at Target (which was stop #2). What fun! My one regret is that I don't have any pictures of our adventure, Oh well maybe next year (if I can talk them into going with me again!) I love my "sistas".

Morgen, Sam, Max, Annie, Will, Lucy, Kaillen and Keaten

Kate and Francine (my sister-in-laws or "sistas")


The cousins - Will, Annie, Lucy & Sam