Thanksgiving and beyond

Wow, the holidays are a busy time. Spent early last week getting ready for thanksgiving. We were hosting my family for dinner. It was my parents, my brother, my grandpa and the May's: John, Ruthie, April, Cayley, Jeffrey and Russell. Yes, my cousin's name is (was, she's married now) April May. It was my first time cooking for and hosting that many people. Man, it was a lot of work, but it was worth it. They all said everything was great, but I think they were just saying that. The turkey was not all the way cooked. I did not have the thermometer in deep enough. There were some burnt sweet potatoes in the mix. My oyster stuffing came out a little weak. The bagged stuffing mix turn out like crap. But everything was really good, I swear.

Friday I went riding (mtb) with Russell. I kept telling him it was really cold out but he didn't care. I'm glad he stuck with the idea to go because I had a good time. We rode Ralph Stover State Park, which is pretty technical, but Russell rode really well. The place is pretty small but the terrain is nice and rocky with some pretty sick downhills. (We bypassed those because we would have had to climb back up from the river) We rode over to "High Rocks", a bluff overlooking the Tohickon Creek. In the summer there are a lot of climbers there.

Had everybody over again on Friday night for leftovers. Jeffrey, Russell and I ran over to EB games to get something we could all three play with my multi-tap for PS2. We ended up with X-Men Legends. Ended up having to run back over there because my old control would not work and got a used one for $5! The game is a lot of fun, I've been playing it ever since.

Saturday morning I ran the boys down to the airport. I was expecting a mob scene, but there was nobody there! We rolled right up to the check in counter and there were three ladies there to help us! Ended up hanging out at the gate for a couple of hours waiting for the plane to load.

Sunday I made Turkey soup and had my parents, brother and grandpa over to celebrate my mother's birthday. Happy Birthday Mom!

Next thing you know it was back to work... and it is Wednesday already!

Looking forward to the weekend's Fair Hill races. I don't think I'm going to race but will spend the day helping Wayne. Rumors have it that there is going to be free beer and tiggers may show up...