thanksgiving recap

i spent the holiday with my friend greg who invited me up to his family's house in jaffery, new hampshire. what a pretty new england town! i always forget how lovely new england is until i escape the city and drive through the sleepy little towns with tree-lined streets and old-timey town halls and quaint bed and breakfasts. jaffery was no exception. we stayed with greg's family who were very sweet people. greg is one of 13 children so i expected the thanksgiving to be a huge family affair. always fun to have a totally different experience than what you're used to. coming from a family where i'm the only child and 3 other living close relatives, it's a whole different ball game to be in the presence of a giant family.

the actual dinner was held at greg's sister's house who had 7 children of her own! i had no idea what i was in for. the kids were all so sweet but i have to say, they were a handful. running around, screaming, playing, fighting, crying. it was fun but one day of it was definitely enough. made me rethink the whole children thing. i probably still want one, MAYBE two. but that's it!

the whole family was super nice. must have been well over 25 people (including 10 kids)... i lost track after shaking the up-teenth person's hand. but the dinner was great. and there were 10 pies! never seen so much food at a thanksgiving table ever. delicious. i find it fascinating to witness other families and their traditions. this one was pretty normal. accept instead of watching football, the men cut down a couple trees outside. very manly of them. and kinda random. but fun to watch all the same. i'd take that over football any day. oh yeah, and it snowed that day which made it an extra special day. gotta love the first snow.

check out some pics from the day here