Thanksgiving with the Alspaugh's 2023

Happy Thanksgiving! It's still early in the morning on this cold Indiana day, and unlike most of the country, I'm not up cooking, cleaning, or preparing for a big meal today. I'm looking forward to a restful day at home with my husband, who is looking forward to watching the Cowboys play this afternoon. We celebrated Thanksgiving over the weekend with all of Mike's family and have been eating leftovers for several days from our big meal. We're a bit "turkeyed out" now, so I'm thinking pizza sounds good! LOL.

I am super thankful today to know that my boys are spending the day together, along with their grandparents, cousins, and uncle. This is my first Thanksgiving apart from both boys, since David ended up here last year. But knowing they are together today warms my heart.

Here are some pics of our time together with the Alspaugh clan over the weekend. We've spent very few Thanksgivings together since we moved to Texas, so I'm thankful we get to make these memories with them now. 

Playing dominoes with Jaxon and Reese. We didn't waste any time jumping into a game as soon as they got here! I love that they look forward to playing games when they come here. 

Mike finally got to smoke a turkey for his family for Thanksgiving. It sure was good! 
Jaxon and I had a really fun time crafting together, too. :) I sure have grown to love that kid. He's grown up a lot over the last year and is a delight to hang out with. 

He loved playing Jenga and proved he's a risk-taker!

Reese is definitely a pre-teen and needed her chill time on her phone. That girl has a really special place in my heart. 
A "snack" lunch before the big meal.


That lego table sure does come in handy when there are kids around.

Finally time to eat!

With way more food than we needed
Summer sausage with crackers, banana bread, chex mix, shrimp, broccoli salad
Turkey, ham, macaroni and cheese, pumpkin pie, dirt pudding
Mashed potatoes, Green beens, Green bean casserole, Cornbread dressing

Corn casserole, sweet potatoes with brown sugar butter, baked beans, biscuits with butter and jelly. 

So.Much.Food. But so, so good. Mike and I ate leftovers for four days straight and still have some corn casserole in the fridge and leftover turkey in the freezer. 

Then we took a little visit out to the pasture to see the newest horse. She's a beauty!






Then back home to hang out and play some more games. 

Jaxon had the best idea and was the smartest to just give in and go to sleep. Lol. The next morning, we all went to church together, filling the entire row with Alspaugh's, before we all went our separate ways to finish out our individual weekend plans or responsibilities. They all have more Thanksgivings with more family today, but I'm good with pizza and a day to rest. Especially since this break from work is only two days compared to the whole week of vacation I'd gotten accustomed to in Texas.