Our Thanksgiving was one to remember. We slept in. I got a work out in. Apo played street tennis with Kaden. It was a warm day - mid 60's for us.
We bought a pre-lit Christmas tree last night at Costco. I'm not one for fake trees - I prefer the real ones. But this one was so real-looking and it made such economic sense to buy it and have it for 10 years rather than spend $60 on a tree every year and clean up needles on January 1st. We had the tree up and began decorating at 11:30 - at the start of the Titans - Lions game. 
It wasn't much of a contest. The Titans dominated the Lions. It was 47-10 when it was finally over. The Titans are 11-1! Hey Papa, how 'bout them Lions!?
We did have a very funny experience after dinner - one that I can't share publicly. All I can say is "Amo, you're in trouble!".
At halftime, we took a family walk around the neighborhood to get really hungry for the turkey we would eat after the game.
At 3pm we had our Turkey dinner. Krissy had pre-bought the sliced turkey, trimmings and desserts. And, it was delicious. After two plates of food, I was stuffed! The boys, Amo, Apo and Krissy too.
We had each written what we are thankful for and placed it in a jar earlier that day. It was now time to read what each of us had written. It was very special to read what each of us was thankful for. I am thankful to God to have been with all of my closest family-members on Thanksgiving this year.
We did have a very funny experience after dinner - one that I can't share publicly. All I can say is "Amo, you're in trouble!".
Afterwards, we started up a backyard football game with the boys and some neighborhood boys.
In the evening, we began feeling the tryptophan kicking in from the turkey. We did have enough energy left to have an early Christmas with my parents. We won't be with them at Christmas, so we did some Christmas together. Krissy played the piano and we sang out of tune along with her. Afterwards, we exchanged gifts with Amo & Apo. The boys received lots of chocolate!
At 7pm, we began watching The Incredibles on TV! At 8pm, we finally laid the kids to bed - they were just about gone from the busy day anyway and fell asleep within 5 minutes after lights out. We made it about an hour more and also hit the hay around 9pm. Zzzzzzz.
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