Thanksgiving Day

We went to Plains on Thanksgiving day to spend time with Nancy's family. We first went to Grandpa & Grandma Brown's house and then headed in to LH & Thais's house (Nancy's brother and his wife) for Thanksgiving dinner. We had TONS of food and tons of fun. We spent time eating, playing games, eating, watching football, eating, talking and eating!

This is the crew that was at G & G Brown's house.
Jared, Heidi, & Holly (3 of Mike's cousins) eating lunch at LH's house.

We spent the night at LH's house on Thursday night while Nancy, Mark, Angela, & Jared stayed and G & G Brown's house. We went to G & G Brown's house this morning for a big breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, and peaches (from a local orchard)! Yumm!

Brody finally convinced someone to take him outside (it was in the 20's!) after breakfast. Grandma Brown bundled up and went out to explore with Brody. The first thing Brody noticed was the mower. I wasn't surprised when I looked out the window to see him "driving" the mower.
Grandma Brown said that she told Brody about the different trees and animals that live on their farm. When she couldn't keep his hands covered from the cold (because he wouldn't leave his sleeve pulled over them) she made him come back inside.
On our way back home we passed thru Greensburg, KS. Greensburg was hit by an F5 tornado in May '07. It looks like a lot of the debris has been cleaned up...but the town still has a LONG way to go. Mike used to play Greensburg in high school sports, so he'd visited the town several times. He remembers when the dirt field below was full of houses and trees. Now it's just flat ground!
We stopped in Pratt to get a few things at Wal-Mart and to get lunch. We decided to go to Micky D's for lunch and we got Brody his very first Happy Meal! I have to admit that he didn't eat very healthy on Thanksgiving. I'd try to feed him turkey or corn...then someone would give him a bite of sweet potatoes and healthy eating would go out the window! He spent a lot of time begging food off of people! All that to say that I think he was ready for a meal that had some substance to it! He didn't want anything to do with the french fries...but with every bite of his hamburger (and he ate all but 3 or 4 bites of it) he exuded a loud "ummmmmmmmm!" I think he liked the burger.
Tonight we're just hanging out with Mark, Angela, and Nancy at our house. We're also watching the snow fall steadily outside the window!!! I'm sure there will be a beautiful snow picture in the morning.