Thanksgiving of 2009 Final

I sat there mesmerized by all the wonderful foods in front of me, just waiting to be eaten. There was a giant twenty pound turkey cooked sitting in the middle of the table with its golden color to show that it was cooked, which made it look like it was shinning. Surrounding the turkey were all sorts of wonderful foods that please every taste bud! There was corn, peas, mashed potatoes with tasteful brown gravy slowly moving down the mountain of mashed potatoes. It was finally Thanksgiving!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! It was five 'o' clock in the morning as my alarm clock started to scream and tell me it was time to get up. Today was finally the day my family and I were going to see my uncle Tommy in Oklahoma. I had to get up very early because it is a twelve hour drive from Colorado to Oklahoma, and we wanted to get there before dark. We already packed and had our Expedition (SUV) ready to go. I got out of bed, shut off the alarm and slowly half awake grabbed my pillow and blanket and headed to the car. When I got in my sister Julianna was already sitting in her seat ready to go. We had to wait a few minutes for my mom and dad to get in but they finally did and we started the car and drove off.

The trip was not bad because we left so early. I slept for half the trip since I stayed up all night too anxious to go to bed, I was too excited that we were going down to Oklahoma. The rest of the trip was very relaxing since there was only four of us my mom Violet, dad Jerry, sister Julianna, and I it was not crowed in a seven seat er expedition. I actually liked the car trip because Julianna and I had previously collected a bunch of DVDs to bring on the trip to keep us entertained. Some times it was hard because we would argue what movie to watch. Until we finally came upon a solution, where she would choose a movie then after that movie I would choose one, and the process would be repeated to keep it fair and no fighting. Just like that after a few movies and a bunch of pit stops, for food and bathrooms we finally arrived in the little town of Chandler Oklahoma (about an hour away from Oklahoma city).

We pulled up to my uncle's house which was very nice. He had a picket fence go all the way around his property, a little pond in the front yard of his house. Also his little brick house had a garden of flowers and little trees right by his front door. Before we could get out of the car the fading, white olden front door opens and out rushes a stamped of dogs. There was a blue healer female dog named Blue, a little short haired brown dachshund named Baby Cakes, and a chihuahua mix named Abby. Blue and Abby were both Tommy's dogs and Baby Cakes is my aunt Kelly's dog. Finally I reach the front door and after being smothered by dog kisses and being covered in drool I notice my aunt Kelly.

I run to Kelly and give her a big hug where once again I am smothered with sloppy kisses this time it was Kelly's. I was very happy to see Kelly because I have not seen her in a few months since she moved down here to live with Tommy after my grandma passed away. I look around and instantly I know Kelly has been very busy, the place was spotless, it even had a new feeling to it because it was so clean even though the house is pretty old. I walked outside to see my uncle Tommy and of course he was with his two horses. The horses did not seem to care that there was company here, unlike the dogs that were freaking out running around wagging their tails ferociously and barking trying to get people to notice them. Finally Tommy comes in except for he was not alone. He was with a new girl around his age and her name was Bambi, she was very nice and not shy at all. Bambi was Tommy's new girlfriend who lives in the town next too chandler. Later that night I found out that we were going to be going over to Bambi's house the next day to celebrate Thanksgiving with her family also. Finally after hours of talking and everyone catching up on the current status of every one's life, Bambi went home and we all went to bed. It was hard for me to sleep because I was so excited from meeting Bambi, finally seeing Kelly, and Tommy again that I stayed up an extra hour watching TV until finally I was able to dwindle off into a deep sleep.

I woke up to this warm tingling feeling on my face open my eyes and I am blinded by the sunlight. Of course the only ray of sunlight that can pierce the blinds happens to be right were my head lays. I jump out of bed and run outside to see whats going on. It was nine 'o' clock and everyone was already up. Most of them had already taken showers and were ready to go. Tommy told me that we were leaving for Bambi's in thirty minutes when my mom and Kelly return from the store. So I went and took a shower. I got ready and when I came out here comes my mom and Kelly, rustling up a store being loud, were it was nice and calm and everyone else was just watching TV. I heard Kelly yelling for Julianna and I to come into the kitchen. When I got in there, there was mom and Kelly both holding up these brown and stripped orange OSU pajamas and T-shirts. At first I just looked at them with a blank stare and thought to myself ok cool. Then Kelly said they were big college football fans and on thanksgiving they have college football games, and it was OSU playing OU (OSU is Oklahoma State University and OU is Oklahoma University). So she wanted us all to wear them because they wanted to support their OSU pride. After everyone got changed into their new team spirit we left to go to Bambi's.

We get to Bambi's and I was shocked everyone was wearing red and white all that said OU. I found it very funny because they liked the exact opposite team that Tommy and Kelly like. But no one cared, we all just laughed, then Bambi asked me if I like OSU and I said I do not care I got forced to wear this and we both laughed. Bambi's family was very nice. It was Bambi's sister and her family there with Bambi. I liked it because there was another kid my age where him and I just went upstairs to play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. I was excited because I have not played this game that much and it was a lot of fun. After an hour of us playing games I got these wonderful smells of such Delicious foods all pouring into my nostrils at once. We both looked at each other, threw ourselves off the bed and ran downstairs to see if it was time to eat.

There it was, pounds of food all spread out onto the kitchen table. I was stuck in a trance just staring at this wonderful food. I rushed to grab a plate to start satisfying my hunger issues. Every one else was already at the table picking away like little scavengers at the food. After getting my plate I went to the table and there was turkey, corn bread, mashed potatoes, and gravy, every possible food combo was here at this table. I stacked mountains of food onto my plate and then went into the living room with every one else, because their football game has started and everyone was already starting to get riled up. As everyone else was just staring at the TV I was gorging myself shuffling spoonfuls of food into my mouth. It was fantastic I felt the tingling joy of happiness from my taste buds as the delicious food touched my tongue. All the different flavors at once, the juicy tender turkey was cooked perfectly, I was able to cut it with my fork. The steamed asparagus and garlic looked like little trees. My plate had turned into a masterpiece with its white mashed potatoes on the bottom looking like sand on a beach, then the asparagus sticking out making it look like my little island had trees in it. It also had the gravy flowing through the asparagus making it look as if it had a river flowing through my white sandy beach, short treed, island. This was not just food it was perfection.

Finally I had to stop, I could not eat any more as I felt like I was a round tennis ball with two little stubbed legs, I was stuffed. The other teenager and I went back upstairs to play games again because we did not really care about the football game. Finally after the football game was over my family left to go to Tommy's house. By then it was pretty late and I was so tired from the food that I ate. I waddled into Tommy's house and went straight to bed. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving and I will always remember how much fun I had. This is first hand experience to show how much food brings family and friends closer.

Above Bambi's family and Tommy

Above from left to right my family (Jerry, Tommy, Julianna, Violet, Kelly, Susie, and Jerrett)