Well Saturday was a fun day with some once again great Thanksgiving Day eatin' at son Bobby's beautiful home in Brandon, WOW what a spread as many of the guests brought some of their specialties to share. More on that event later in this post. I started the day with a well before 6 rollout to my usual routines that always start with some quiet time to honor my LORD, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. All seem to be holding as of now. I headed out on my bike to the Rec a little before 8 and got in a great work out on the pickle ball court and left with a wet shirt after an hour and half as so many started arriving and it was a mixture of intermediates and strong players, but just too many to wait to get on one of the three courts in action. I left with a wet shirt.
I headed home and worked in the gardens hoeing everything and then feeding all of the plants and finally hand watering which kept me busy until lunch time. It turned out to be a beautiful day with tons of sunshine and cool temps, enough so I wore a flannel shirt on my bike ride to the Rec but quickly shed it as I hoed the gardens. After a lite lunch of some red pepper cheese and a leftover turkey sandwich I headed in to watch the big game between Ohio and Michigan. I was pulling for the Wolverines and they were ahead at half time and I finished up watching the second half at Bobby's in Brandon. They won in a nail biter.
We pulled out from Seminole and picked Betsy up in Clearwater and headed across the Courtney Campbell parkway to Tampa instead of our usual route which was a little longer but very different than our usual route. The traffic was heavy but at least we were moving at a steady pace. We encountered a couple of rain drops but nothing enough to use the wipers. Well it was great to see old cousins and to meet Annsley's new boy friend Wyatt. He come from good stock and is quite handsome and she has blossomed into a sweet beauty as well. What a change from a year ago. Old family relatives and their kiddo were looking great as well and the hugs were in abundance as was the food. The turkey Bobby prepared in a hibachi pot was delicious and beautiful to look at as was all of the dishes. Megan made some of the best tasting herb bread ever and of course we had the usual smashed taters and gravy, stuffings, roasted Brussel sprouts, salads, cranberry stuff, cheese cake and pumpkin pie and a little fruit of the vine flowed as well.
We stayed until close to 7:30 before heading out as did most everyone by them after getting there around 3'ish or later. It was a fun time and all the kiddo played great together and the older kiddo's spent some time together as well. Sam was getting over a cold so he stayed home with Rocky and got some rest sparing us any of his cold symptoms. We took Betsy home then got back to the house before 9 and then it was shower time and lights out for me at 10.
Today is church day and then lunch out with the Botbyl's at a new eatery and then Nancy and Betsy head off to the mall for Christmas shopping and I'll vegetate on the couch with the NFL, LATER
