Our Festivities

Brian Leland and I got to go to Amy's this year for Thanksgiving. She kept telling me how they don't do anything super fun, and its laid back, sounded good to me! So we packed our bags (Yes we only live 20 minutes away, but I like sleepovers) and went up Wednesday, that is Brian came up after work (tired and worn out, Costco had run out of turkeys AND hams two days earlier and he had a rough day) and I got picked up that morning, we went to Parkland, its a hospital here in Dallas, Amy got the idea to make hats for babies and cancer patients and to donate them to a hospital that needed them (we had help coming up with the idea as the last two years, now three, we go to Jo Ann's at the butt crack, I mean at 6am in the morning for the flannel deal, and we met a mother and daughter team who do up to 150 baby blankets for the same hospital.) Anyway we drove down to Parkland, and donated the hats, it was a great experience but you learn what it really means to be wanting of a warm meal or hat or coat or blanket when you go somewhere that treats most of the poverty stricken people in the area. Grateful for my warm home and warm clothes and my wonderful family who offers to help when it seems like there won't be enough, I left with a great feeling. The boys did great and were so proud to be able to help. Amy counted 90 hats, that's enough hats for two days worth of babies being born there! Yes folks that hospital sees a LOT of action, 40-45 babies a DAY! Not to mention their outpatient clinic sees 2000 people a day! I didn't know that was possible! Then we headed back to my place for doughnuts and soda (hey they are boys, not very picky:)) Then Amy and I cooked that evening, and as always things got a little goofy! We had very buttery succotash, because I was CERTAIN that it was supposed to be a whole cube, I was wrong, but it was GOOD! Amy made our Cheesy potatoes that bring back memories of Grandma's house! Then the next morning we experienced Amy's CURSE of Thanksgiving! Poor Ame! She seems to have bad luck with meat on Thanksgiving! Even when I cooked her turkey last year ours (we were headed to my in laws with it) came out perfect and hers was still undercooked! Followed by a talent show, where Mike insisted that everyone participate, Brian and I were not thrilled but since we were the guests we submitted to the experience, maybe I will have Amy send me the videos, although the one of me is off limits as I look ginormous, but Brian's is on Amy's blog (Lelbaronland) It is VERY entertaining, maybe I will post the one of me, maybe not:D Thanks Ame for hosting a fun and memorable thanksgiving! We had a blast! I may be back for left overs:D