Thanksgiving 2011

This was our year to head to Greenville and be with my side of the family for Thanksgiving.  CK, my sis was already there a day early, since Kayce, her daughter, is a freshman at GC this year, and she got there ASAP to be with her.  We all rendezvoused at one of our favorite places in Greenville, Mario's Pizza.   If you have never been to Mario's Pizza in Greenville, then you need to go if you ever get to Greenville.  It is traditional italian family recipe pizza, straight from Sicily...and it is not just put on a conveyor belt and sent through an oven.   It is oven cooked in a large oven where we have watched them move the pizza's around and "tend" them and pat and poke them, etc...which we believe must have something to do with why their pizza is so good.
Nevertheless, we also have "traditional" activities when we Smith's and Oglesby's get together...including, the playing of "Scum" (a card game where we get to, or have to wear funny hats if we are the "King" "Queen" or "Scum" for that particular round) (and we have started taking pictures of each trio of hatted individuals...especially since facebook became so popular in our family.
We also tuned-in to the Thanksgiving Day Macy's Parade, watched UofM Football defeat Ohio State (GO BLUE!!!), took in a movie together (this year we saw the new Muppit Movie), had an awesome Thanksgiving Day Dinner (Thanks Mom for all your hard work in making it special for us again!!!), raked the leaves for Mom and Dad, and spent the rest of the time relaxing!  Oh, I did get to do a couple fix-it jobs for Mom and Dad, but mainly just helped them figure out they needed a new VCR/DVD player...and then hooked it up for them.
My nephew, Benton, being the working man that he is...was with us for less than 24 hours, as he had to come late...and leave early to get back to work Black Friday.  (Gotta love it...) (Actually, you won't get me anywhere near anything having to do with Black Friday...and if you know me...you know I am serious!) Anyway, a big thanks to Benton for going out of his way to be with us for the short amount of time he was able!   It was great to see him!
All in all, our time together was short...but sweet.  Love being with my family...and we had a fun time together!