My family traveled to Maryland for Thanksgiving this year, to visit with my Nana and Papa, as well as some other family members. It was quite fun, and highly amusing at times. Here are the highlights:
– My Nana goes a little crazy with the cheese whenever she has visitors:
There are 12 varieties shown in this picture, and I’m pretty sure you can’t even see all of it. Insanity.
– My nana gave my sister a Ukelele. Angels may play harps in heaven, but I’ve determined that the devil must be constantly learning to play the ukelele in hell, because I can’t really think of a worse instrument to have to listen to someone learn to play. (sorry sis, but it’s true.)
My feelings for the Uke are summed up pretty perfectly by the following picture:
– On Wednesday night I asked my Nana who was coming over the next day for dinner. She listed all the usual suspects- aunts, uncles, and cousins- and then added, ‘Oh… and my personal trainer… Jill.’ Wait… WHAT? My initial thought was “What 82 year old invites their personal trainer to Thanksgiving?” Immediately followed by, “Actually, what 82 year old HAS a personal trainer????” Yes ladies and gentlemen, my 82 year old Nana’s PERSONAL TRAINER joined us for Thanksgiving dinner.
Here she is enjoying a piece of pie with my Nana (ironic, no?):
But, here’s the thing… Jill jumped right in with the family; she even did the dishes, so she’s A-okay in my book. Also, she played along with our family game and did not even flinch when I started yelling at her/the rest of our team (our family games get a little intense…)
Oh, and she did a darn good seal impression, which leads me to my last point…
– My sister managed to get our family to make complete fools of ourselves by doing crane and seal impressions as part of her made up game. Here’s the picture evidence:
(note that Jill is still very much into her impression, even while the rest of us have collapsed into fits of giggles. CHAMPION RIGHT THERE.)
So yes… there are the highlights of a very interesting Thanksgiving. Here’s to hoping Jill will join us again next year. Mostly because I don’t want to do dishes.
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