Ellie and Michael only got Wednesday-Sunday off for Thanksgiving. Ellie was basically done with classes after Friday, but she had to wait for Michael to be done to come home. Adam and Macy were able to come for the whole week. It was so nice to have everyone home for a few days. Adam and Macy stayed at our house. It was different having the two of them sharing time between our two houses. We decided the best thing to do was to plan big events and invite everyone to them so that we could make sure we got quality time with them.
The first big event was a family game of minute to win it games. It was the lefties (me, Macy and Michael) against the boys. Ellie ran the game. There was a rousing game of balloon volleyball.
There was a game where you had to get letters out of whipped cream and assemble them. Macy was a great team player about it, even though her word was ridiculously hard.
Then we had a big Thanksgiving dinner. Nate cooked the turkey for us, and it was by far the best part of dinner, by a lot! He also made homemade stuffing using some sourdough bread that he had previously made and made red and green. It was weird looking, but it tasted good.
The kids then all hurried back to college because there was a big game between TAMU and UT. (Although the aggies like to call it tu). They had to get there the night before for the midnight yell pep rally and then be at the game super early. The weekend before, Ellie and Michael and Michael's roommates had taken turns staying out all night and weekend to be ready when the ticket line lined up on Monday morning. Unfortunately, it was so cold and rainy and the students made such a mess of it, that after that ticket pull, they decided to end the in person ticket pull tradition.
The game was also a little disappointing for TAMU. But there's always next year!
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