This is Our Family...

Thanksgiving.... there's only one way to describe it.... This is our family.

I think we finally decided  that there were about 43 people packed into a one story house. Let's just say it was VERY cozy.

The dinner is great. You eat until you feel like your carrying twin food babies. There's always so much food and SO much desserts! Like do we really need 8 pies!?!? AND cupcakes AND ice cream.

And then all of us "older" kids lock ourselves in a random room and pig-pile on the couch... and my cousin Sam is hating every minute of it. We play a ridiculously large game of "Things". One of the topics that comes up is "Things you hate about family reunions" and about 10 out 12 people put something to do with farting. We all have a good laugh.

And then random aunts and uncles pop their head in the room stating things like "Coat closet!!!" and "Is the wine in here?" and "It smells weird" and "We're putting all the stink-bugs we find into one big jar!" and other random sentences coming from completely sober people. Don't worry it's just as confusing as it sounds.

And we go outside in the -30 degree weather and pet goats and walk around on poop covered ground. Except Tim. He somehow manages not to touch the ground by climbing on fences like an awkward Spiderman.

And we watch kids playing outdoor laser tag while being chased by a heard of goats. So many goats.

And we see my grandma and play cards with her for a little while. She acts like she doesn't know how to play but then she kicks or butts and we lose every time. Like.... EVERY TIME! I still don't understand.

And then we all go home with different families and have massive sleepovers. And we wake up and go ice skating and ask cute staff members to teach us how to skate backwards like they do in the olympics. Except we look nothing like olympic skaters. I mean I THOUGHT I was doing well until I heard laughing and the cute staff member comes back over to help because apparently we were doing it wrong. At least he was cute. But the olympics is still a possibility. Don't they always tell you in elementary school to shoot for the stars or something? And my cousin Cecylia gets a phone number from a random boy who's not as cute as the staff member.

And there's Black Friday shopping and trips down to D.C. and Britney Spears music videos and something about puppies and Birthday parties and the Block Game and the alternate ending to the movie Dodgeball and reading 17 magazine and piggy back rides.

And then finally there's the goodbyes. Those are the worst. But it's all OK because I know I'll see everyone again and I had as much fun as I could. And I love everyone because.... This Is Our Family!

Left to Right: Cecylia, Sam, Caitlin, Erica, Melissa, Tim, Me