We love Thanksgiving. Every year, we drive down to St. George, Utah to spend several quality days with immediate and extended family members at Grandmother Larson's home. Our 94-year old grandmother has hosted this wonderful multi-day gathering for the past 25 plus years, and we are truly grateful for the tradition. This year, 35 brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews, and nieces traveled from California, Washington, and Utah for the celebration. The primary activity is, of course, eating. Tuesday night is the secret-ingredient-is-butter pork chops. Wednesday is the best-ever ham. Thursday is the always-perfectly-roasted turkey. Friday is the mouth-watering-tender prime rib. Saturday is Val’s amazing Italian pasta fiesta. And throughout the week, the buffet table is stacked with several choices of homemade pies. As you can imagine, meal preparation for 35 people takes a great deal of planning, team work, and several trips to the grocery store, and everyone rolls up their sleeves to help. We posted a few photos from the week below.
Mike and Grandmother Larson.
Duncan in Grandma's garden.
Sandi and Dave enjoying the morning sun and lively conversation.
Traditional Thanksgiving soccer game.
Traditional Thanksgiving dragging of Christopher across the soccer field.
Duke and Sam looking very cute for the camera.
Jake taking great interest in something crawling on the ground.
Mike showing off his defensive moves.
Mike and his brother arguing over a controversial call.
John and Val - such a lovely couple!
Jessica staying focused on
Traditional Thanksgiving torturing of nephews.
Slide show.
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