An Aggie Thanksgiving

Gig 'Em Aggies!  This year we drove down to College Station to spend Thanksgiving Day with Todd's family and to do a little brainwashing.  When we pulled into town, we drove to a few of our favorite places, including the famous trailor park where Todd and I used to live.  We told stories, and pointed out some totally Aggie landmarks along the way.  After setting up camp, we walked over to Kyle Field for Yell Practice. The kids weren't immediately impressed, but as the night wore on, and they heard stories from the Yell Leaders, and participated in the traditions, of course-they were hooked. 

Thursday morning the grandkids ran amuck around West Campus.  Becky coordinated the meal; Todd fried the turkeys (after many trips to the grocery store for additional oil).  I tried (and liked!) a Bloody Mary, while I made my plan for Black Friday shopping.  As game time rolled around, we took Madison and Grady on a walk around campus, hitting our favorite spots and marveling at how much the campus had changed.  Tanner scored a ticket to The Game with his Aunt Michelle, so he missed that walk down memory lane.  I think he was ok with it though.  :)  After we got back to camp, we huddled around the TV listening to the cheers from Kyle Field as they delayed through to the satellite feed.  The Aggies ran out of time, but it was a good run. 

Friday I was up at 5 a.m. shopping, and Todd was supposed to have the kids ready when I returned around 8 a.m.  He almost made it, if he had been out of bed to start the process.  Apparently, all the beer in College Station had called his name Thursday after the game.  Despite that, we were on the road by 8:30 to head to my mom's house.

When we pulled up, my dad was busy frying more turkeys, with Patti, Tony, and Mom as his cheer squad.  Madison practically leapt out of the car to go see Skeeter (the recently acquired horse, which I will post pictures of, and blog about soon), and the boys ran to the backyard to see the dogs.  Busy five minutes.  As usual, it was a beautiful table, with a beautiful meal.  The kids slurped up their "Sparkling Wine," and we slurped up some sparkling wine of our own.  I think it was the first holiday meal in 8ish years that we weren't chasing a baby or small child for whatever reason.  We even had time to list our thankfuls. 

After dinner, we decorated the tree-as is Miller Tradition.

We also watched the first Christmas movie of the season, Home Alone, which was a big hit with the kids.  They loved it when the "bad guys" got their faces smashed with something painful.  Should I be worried?  After all the festivities, we crashed in our own beds and actually slept late Saturday morning.  We spent the rest of the weekend decorating the house (inside and OUT) for Christmas, and are now in full Holiday Spirit around here.

Tomorrow it's back to work and school, but just 3 short weeks until we break again to retreat into our Holiday Lives.