Murray Family Thanksgiving!

Another fun Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's House!  I helped Mom set up this gorgeous table for 32 people.  Our family always has so much fun together at Thanksgiving.  It is always a house full of kids, football, good food, laughter and fun!

Pancho and I went over to my parents house last Sunday and spent about 4 hours getting it all ready for the Big Day!  I am so mad at myself for not taking the greatest pictures this year (I was having too much fun!).  I didn't get a picture of the kids room!  Pancho and my Dad always turn my parents car port into a tarped in room with astro turf on the floor.  Then they fill it up with balls, balloons, a movie corner, basketball hoop, games, a karaoke machine and more!  It is a kids dream!  My parents like it because the kids aren't running through the house the whole time, and the kids like it for a lot of reasons!  Speaking of my parents, I also didnt get a good picture of them this year and they deserve all of the credit for this fun day!

My Dad and Mom are at the head of the table.  Every year, my family has a tradition . . . my Dad hands out a question to each person at the table.  Most of them are questions like "What was the best thing that happened to you this year?" or "What are you thankful for?"  He always gives Pancho a really funny one!  It is a great tradition, because with a table this big, you don't even get to talk to the people at the other end of the table!  It forces us to all take time to hear from eachother and let everyone share something.  The kids even answer a question too!  They usually have the best answers.

The kids table!

We spend a lot of time watching football and eating appetizers!

We even watched the Oregon/Arizona game AND the Oregon/USC game over again!

My poor sister-in-laws put up with a lot of our Oregon Duck fanaticism!

Speaking of Sister in laws, this is a picture of me and my sister in law Francine . . .

Speaking of Oregon Duck fanatics . . . we even had the Oregon Duck at Thanksgiving with us!

That poor Duck went through a LOT!

The kids LOVED him!

My aunt works for the Uof O and she brought him to Thanksgiving with her.

He is actually a maniquin inside an old costume.  She said that we could put the costume on, but no one was brave enough!

Annie and Lucy jumping on Grammy's couches!

. . . another Christmas card contender. 

What is it with our family and posing with costumed creatures this year. 

First Chucky and now the Duck!

No that is not Pancho inside the Duck.

I was having a little too much fun at this point!