Sauck Family Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was at Kay's house.

I made the hot mulled apple cider.  Thanksgiving just requires it.

The place was packed!  Not only with people, but with amazing food.

Besides the 20 pounds of potatoes, green beans, corn, deviled eggs, multiple pies and other goodies, there were three (count them, 3) different kinds of turkey AND a ham!

Lots of good eating.

And after all the eating, photo taking commenced.

I decided against taking a photo of the entire group together.  It was expected to have over 40 people at Kay's house- my lens just isn't wide enough!  But, I did take different groups.

First up, Elmer and Marcella's boys and gals.

MaryAnn, Jeanne, John, Brian

Mark, Elmer, Marcella

Then the grandkids piled in, minus Chris and Dean.

Shannon, Derrek, Darren, Matt (Stan), Rachel, Mike

Katie, Elmer, Marcella, Jordan (No Wait, That's Tyler!!)

For those of you who were not there, I accidently called my husband Tyler, Katie's brother, by the wrong name.  Instead of Tyler, I called him Katie's husband's name, Jordan.  Katie and Jordan just are so natural together, their names roll out together way too easily!

Finally, the great-grand-kiddos had their moment.

Again, not everyone was there.

And I'm sorry, I'm just not that good yet- I can't name all of them.  I'm still learning.

It was a very successful day.  Lots of fun, lots of family, and lots of food.

Tyler had to roll me home at the end of the night.

He's a good ol' dog.

Yes.  I bought Wally a sweater.

He had all his hair shaved off and he gets cold so easily!  I couldn't help myself.

Much to my surprise (and to my husband's disgust), Wally actually loves his sweater!

Look at that content look on his face as he rolls in the grass.  Doesn't that look like complete comfort?

"Thanks for putting my sweater on!  I'm so warm!!"

See, he really loves it.

"Ok.  Enough photos."

However, he does not love getting his photo taken.

"Really?  You're really going to make me sit here for this?  Really?  Ugh."

"But this is so lame.  Sitting by these lame pumpkins.  Hmph."

Here you can see how Wally has taken notes from Tyler.  "If you're going to make me take a photo, I'm going to make a goofy face."

(see example)

He's a good dog.

Oh, and Tyler's pumpkin...

In response to my "Welcome" pumpkin, Tyler carved a "Go Away" pumpkin.

 Thought you needed to see it.

(This was taken a week after he carved it, so the letters are starting to distort as it decays... but it still is quite effective, don't you think?)