~Thanksgiving 2010~

Tommy and I went to Michigan again this year for Thanksgiving. This year we were going to eat with just Tommy's parents to we decided to go non-traditional. They were so excited about it. Tommy worked so hard getting a menu together.

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Tommy's side and not only did we eat with Tommy's parents but Tommy cooked the whole meal with his dad. An amazing selection out of Thomas Kellars Ad Hoc book that I got him for his birthday. We left for his parents house on Tuesday evening; around ? pm. On the way there we went to the New Giant Eagle Market Place in Upper Arlington. It was amazing! The Candy section is my new Heaven!
We shopped for all that we need for Thanksgiving Meal and then we were off to Michigan.

Wednesday morning we woke up to the sound of three little boys; laughing, crying and screaming all at the same time and to us.... it was music to our ears! Our nephews were playing right outside our bedroom door. Joshua is 5, John Paul is 2 and Justin in only 3 months. We had never met him and were ever excited to! Vicki snapped a picture of us seeing him for the first time. I love it! Tommy and I spent the whole time we were there either holding him, cooking, holding him, playing XBox or holding him!

~Joshua and John Paul~

~Justin on Wednesday~

Wednesday night Tommy and I went out to meet up with some of the cousins. Nick came over for dinner then we went out to a bar called Marriwether's for some wine. We watched The Middle and Better with You while catching up. Then we were off to Roosevelt's! A bar that Tommy and his mom both used to work out. Vicki was an accountant there and Tommy served. It was the place to be the night before Thanksgiving, that's for sure! There were at least 50 people waiting in line to get in and it was cold! Thankfully we “know people” and all 8 of us got to cut the line! Few!

~Nick & Me! LOL!~

~Cousins shot, plus Adam~

It was standing room only at Roosevelt's but it still got even more crouded to the point where if we were going to talk anymore we needed to get out! LOL. We went to Rusty Bucket, got a table and hung out for another couple of hours. The next morning Tommy was up at 9am to start working on the food. Bob and Tommy had so much fun cooking all day long. For lunch they served us Tommy's Seared Ahi Tuna! While we were eating Vicki started pointing out the window saying, “LOOK LOOK!” Guess what we saw? Yep an 8 point buck.

Then we had two meats one fig sauce stuffed pork tenderloin and one set of steaks with a side of amazing potatoes all from Tommy's Ad Hoc book. Even one park of the dessert was from the same amazing book. The caramel ice cream! Yum. Tommy also made an Apple Pie from scratch. Wow! We were so stuffed! Oh my goodness!

The next morning we ate at the Original Pancake House! Tommy loves it! He used to go there all the time. We are making it a MI tradition.
Then we were off to Holly to visit my cousins. We met up at the mall and the gals shopped together then we met up with Pete and Tommy and ate at On the Boarder (Jill, funny huh?). In the evening we celebrated the Un-Birthday Party! Alex is the only cousin left under 21. He made the cake with Sarah and topped it with "All the things you can do at 18!" :)
Saturday we went to the new Toby Keith "I Love This Bar" Bar!!! Tommy found it and thought it would be a great idea for watching OSU, UofM and State Play. Most of us went, we sat at a table of 12 and watched both games on multiple tvs!



~The End Result! Booooo!~
Every year we have a Pool, Darts and Checkers Tournament! Tommy won the Checkers "CRAP" (Checkers Rally Annual Prize) trophy this year! I won the "IDIOT" (Indians Darts In Ohio Tournament) trophy this year! :) This is Tommy bringing "Crap" into my house! LOL.
~Susan, Sarah and Me before Susan and Andrew headed back to GA.~
~Sunday afternoon we were back to Bob and Vicki's and playing with the kids.~


~My friend Valerie made the boys matching Sock Monkey Hats for me to give to them.~


Before dinner we did a shoot of the family of five. Justin had a Little Brother tee and Joshua and John Paul had Big Brother tees. It was too cute! I will post pix from that session and them opening their hats at a later time.
~Tommy fell asleep with Justin right away~

~Tommy posed us for a shot!~


~Justin and Lita~
We had a great time with the family this year. We can't wait for Christmas.