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Thanksgiving Update

Nov 23, 2007 Uncategorized

.:mood:. Great
.:itunes:. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone by Aretha Franklin

Yesterday we had a great Thanksgiving. It was the first year we hosted it (although my mom still provided the Turkey which was a huge help). Here is a run down of the day in pictures.

Those of you not from Michigan may be interested that we got our first snowfall of the season (that stuck) overnight so this was the view on Thanksgiving morning:

The kids got ready by putting on their fancy hats. Notice Coley as the non-conformist Native American with the horizontal feather:

The kids spent hours glued to the front window waiting for the next person to arrive. When everyone made it, there were 11 adults and 6 children.

Kite was the only person who dressed up…

If you don’t count my brother Hans’ pink / flowery shirt (which I don’t):

Grace’s dad made the trip from Chicago to join us. My dad made the trip from DeWitt:

When the meal was served, my mom was MIA from the adult table. We found her at the kid’s table. Apparently seating was by height this year:

My brother Daryl lost his annual thumbwar competition with Ethan:

Jesse got to watch the game with the guys:

I ate a pretzel (I’m a big fan):

We also had three amazing wines. The first was a super sweet white wine (which I heard was good but didn’t taste). The second was the best white wine I have ever had. It was very sharp and woody. The third was a Spanish red that was not too complex, but very very good. Why am I posting about wine? Because I can never remember the names of good wines so I am posting it here so I can look it up later.

Finally, we popped in Evan Almighty and munched on leftovers. Speaking of Steve Carrell, the final cherry on top at the end of the day was the realization that while The Office writing staff may be striking, Dwight is still blogging. I shall close with his thoughts on Thanksgiving.

A lot of people have asked me how the Schrutes enjoy the traditional holiday of “Thanksgiving.” The answer is simple. We do not. Celebrating a holiday that encourages blind appreciation for everything and anything in a person’s life diminishes the rare instances that a person is truly thankful for something, i.e. when that person is pulled from a well they may have fallen into. Giving thanks is also a sign of weakness. It shows that you are placing yourself in situations in which you cannot depend on yourself and, thus, must rely on others to do things for you. At Schrute Farms, we choose instead to celebrate our own holiday called “Resourcefulnacht,” which is a Germlish hybrid word that roughly translates to “Night of Resourcefulness” in English.