We're doing our standard double-whammy Thanksgiving. Today we headed to my Mom and Dad's in Okemos, where my Mom lays out an amazing spread! We had a deep-fried turkey, which was by far the best Turkey I've ever had. We have three complete tables - one for the adults, and two for the kids. My Mom goes way beyond just maknig great food, she sets up the kdis tables complete with cloth napkins, nape-placards and wine glasses. After a couple of hours of watching football and hanging out, my Mom brings out no less than seven desserts. Beth, Jon and Dad's birthdays all fall during November, so we sing the Kurt family Birthday dirge. It's the saddest, most off-key version of happy birthday you've ever heard. Occasionally one of the kids breaks out crynig - no kidding. My mom welcomes everyone at our Thanksgiving, anyone who doesn't have a place to go is welcome - she called to make sure that Jack Bowden (Janet's husband), Jess (our roommate) and Jason all had places to go for Thanksgiving. Speaking of vagabonds, Will stopped by later on for after dinner drinks. Check out the pictures here.

From there we headed over to Cathie's parents in Dewitt, where we spend the night, and do dinner again. The other part of the Kurt tradition is to go Christmas Tree hunting our at the Tannenbaum tree farm in Mason, MI. More detail on this later.