Thanksgiving started off with me running the Turkey Trot and Ian and the boys playing football. I'm happy to report I did NOT have to stop for a Dr. Pepper. I did pretty good - I ran the whole thing except for about 3 minutes of it (I took my stopwatch).
We raced home after because Thanksgiving dinner was supposed to be at 12:00. I was in charge of the mashed potatoes and rolls - luckily Ian helped. Although, it's never good to have an artist in the kitchen. When I ran in from the bathroom to check on him he was just about to put some vanilla (yes, you are reading this right) in the potatoes. He'd already put some other spices in. I had a little freak-out (just enough to let him know it was NOT o.k. to take liberties with my potatoes). He then made his own little batch where he added all sorts of stuff (cheese, bacon, parsley, ect).
When we got to my mom's the football game was on. 
Ben tried to sneak a roll.
Above is his sneaking face. Finally...Dinner! Complete with brown sugar'd sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, 3 kinds of stuffing, turkey, rolls, corn, green bean casserole, assorted veggies and fruits. Delicious strawberry lemonade. And pie! Adam made Aaron's cream cheese pie. And Kim made her pumpkin delight. Both were awesome. I brought an apple pie and an apricot pineapple pie (my dad's favorite).
Evan voted to play instead of eat. I think he ended up eating 3 rolls and some whipped cream. Awesome, huh?
After Trina, Darrel and my mom cleaned up while Kim played with the little kids. I helped here and there...but mostly I sat around and napped. Running + eating makes me tired!
I followed Ruby and her roll around for a while. She tried to feed me some and when I pretended to take a bite out of it she wasn't fooled. She pried my mouth open with her hand then shoved the roll in. She is one determined little girl!
It was a wonderfully relaxing Thanksgiving. We hung out at my mom's for a while - talking, playing and watching football and watching Modern Family. It was a great Thanksgiving. 
