Our Thanksgiving Events began Sunday night with an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. It was our Church's turn to host this year, which meant we were in charge of the venue and the accompanist: me. Six different choir directors and their choirs came together an hour and a half before the service and jointly rehearsed the pieces they had been practicing individually. For me as the accompanist this meant one run through with each conductor-a quick lesson in their style and how they wanted to conduct the piece. I was switching back and forth between the organ and the piano for the whole service and was playing some challenging pieces. Musically speaking it was the most challenging thing I had done in years. From an audience's point of view it went fantastically. From my own perspective there were a couple of minor things I wish I had done differently, but it was a great experience and overall it went well. It left me exhausted though. So it was good Rebecca had the week off.
We began our own activities with a Family Night lesson on gratitude and painted turkey hands and wrote down things we were grateful for.
I'm extremely grateful for my husband and children: the greatest treasures in my life. I love that Rebecca and Joseph are great friends. Here she is reading his favorite book to him, one he has been requesting day after day after day.
Next we went to a friend's house and made "Native American" vests, headdresses and necklaces.
We also spent a fun morning at Disneyland, exploring Toontown, Tom Sawyer's Island (or Pirate's Lair as it is now called) and taking the train around D-land.
Joseph is the one who insisted we wait to see Mickey Mouse. When we got inside he was too shy to say hi to Mickey or interact with him at all. But when we got out of the room he was all smiles. When asked what his favorite thing was that day he responded: "Mickey Mouse!"
Thanksgiving Thursday we were on our own. We were going to go out to a restaurant for steak, but the ones we were thinking of were all closed. So we had leftovers: ham, mashed potatoes and vegetables. It felt festive. The weather was beautiful and we spent a fun afternoon at the park. I made my first ever batch of orange rolls from scratch and also some rice crispy treats with the kids. Somehow the baking made the day feel like a holiday.
Thanksgiving Friday we had the full-blown turkey dinner with all the trimmings with our cousins the Brashears. It was great to visit and get caught up with everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for all of you! Hope you had a wonderful week, too!
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