Thanksgiving!!!

The one thing I am looking forward to most is Thanksgiving dinner. I love all of the food (except for the nasty yams with marshmellows). I love especially my mom's homemade mac and cheese and my very own chocolate pecan pie. I'm usually the dessert maker in the family. Last year I made both pecan pie and apple pie for Thanksgiving from scratch. I even homemade the pie crust from scratch. Both turned out great-not to brag or anything. :) Usually we have thanksgiving at our house. My mom and dad usually wake up early to start preparing. Us kids (my brother, sister, and me) wake up at our leisure. When we go downstairs the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is on TV. We sit and watch for a while, and when we get bored, help my parents prepare. My grandparents, my uncle. and my cousin come over to eat with us. My grandfather sits in front of the TV as he always does and watches the dog show that comes on TV after the parade every year without fail. My grandmother helps with preparing dinner. She always brings her homemade potato salad and my grandfather brings homemade roasted pecans (two more of my favorites). My sister and I set the table. I always find some fancy way to fold the napkins and my sister decorates place cards so everyone will know where to sit (even though they inevitably get moved around anyway). When it is time for dinner, my grandfather usually says the blessing. Then we dig in. Afterwards, we keep talking for a while then eat dessert. After eating, my brother, sister, my cousin, and me go outside and run around or throw a football. The adults talk and fall asleep on the couch. Before dark (since my grandpa can't drive in the dark), we say our goodbyes, knowing we probably won't see everyone again until Christmas, my grandma, grampa, uncle, and cousin leave. After everyone is gone we sometimes go out to see a movie. Sometimes we just stay at home and play a board game or something.

This Thanksgiving, however, will be different. For one thing, my brother won't be with us for the first time. He is spending this semester abroad in Ghana. So, we won't be seeing him until mid-December. But also, this year will be different because we are going to my aunt and uncle's house instead of staying at ours. There will be people there that I will not know from my aunt's side of the family. Though it will be different, I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year!