How can it be? Thanksgiving is now behind us. Whaaaa????? It is the shortest day ever! Especially when the visitors can't stay long because they have teenagers with obligations at home.. been there. I just hated it when everyone left even though we made a full day of it.
The whole table of guests was hard to photograph, but here are my folks and brother's family. Always a barrel of laughs.
Older son and darling D.I.L. sitting at the other end of the table... well, not in this picture.
We had a basketball game yesterday, so always repping our team, we dressed the part.
They weren't here, but it was great to see the younger kids, even though we had a bit of trouble with the connection. I have an idea Gant won't appreciate this shot, but it was the only one I got with anyone recognizable on the screen.
We tried several angles, but it kept cutting in and out. My guess is that we weren't the only people trying to Face Time yesterday.
Plenty of time for relaxing and catching up.
My totally honest opinion. These two do not look like they should be old enough to have a daughter that is 50 years old. I mean really.
Scott's kids are hilarious, and his wife, Gerri, can easily keep up with her quick wit. They are going to miss this one next year when college calls her away, but Junior will keep things lively.
The Petty girls have a tradition for going to the movie on Thanksgiving afternoon or evening. Seeing the crowd at the theater, we aren't the only ones. We saw "Twelve Years A Slave." Wow. I knew it was going to be rough, but I don't recall anything similar to this since "Roots" in the 1970's. And when you go to a movie like this, that is somewhat biographical and based on a true story -- it was disturbing to think that this happened to a free man and could have happened to anyone with black colored skin in any day. I am not that many generations away from this. It's just not how I was raised to think. The opinion that I have of myself is that I am no better that any other human being. We are all equal, and even though not everyone feels that way, I will always believe that we are completely and totally equal. There are lots of parts of history that are upsetting and troubling, but we can't fix those. We can only improve today and what is in front of us. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the lead character, Solomon Northup, and his name will definitely be read as a nominee for Actor in a Leading Role, when the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominees are announced. He was crazy good.
