Thanksgiving at the Circus..no really.

Thanksgiving with the Smith Fam part 2. Thanksgiving's didn't change too much from those first few years. Everything from the speeches, clothes, and Grandpa Smith fishing for compliments on his dressing. I forgot to add that part last time, you could guarantee Grandpa was wanting to know exactly what he thought about the stuffing. He knew it was good, he just wanted to affirmation...funny, I must have inherited that trait. I cooked a big dinner last week, and kept trying to figure out what people thought of it lol. Anyway, sad to say, Grandpa passed away in February 2003. By the time Thanksgiving rolled around I think it was a unanimous decision to do something different for Thanksgiving. So, we did what any family would do. We went to the Shriners Circus in Evansville for Thanksgiving.  Most would assume that we did something different because of my Grandpa's passing, but I think it had more to do with Grandma thinking we all belonged IN the circus. A compromise had to be made. We ate at a Golden Corral (product place!) and it was delicious according to my 8 year old memory. Afterward we went to the circus! The whole family enjoyed it! I have to admit it was where we belonged! It was a great year! :)

Thanksgiving With The Smith Fam

It's the (second) most wonderful time of the year; Thanksgiving! It's the absolute perfect day where families dress up adorable, eat a picture perfect turkey, play football in the yard, watch the parade, go around saying what they are thankful for, and have a wonderful time with, including in-laws, the whole famdamily! Wait, I'm pretty sure that was a hall-mark movie. While Thanksgiving's were great growing up, we were far from hall-mark. I'm pretty sure we would have ended up in the comedy genre...or a TLC reality show where the views hashtag some thing like; smithsarecrazy. Before you get the wrong idea, I love Thanksgiving in my family, God knew which bunch of nuts I belonged in. Until that wonderful Thursday I will be sharing some of my Thanksgiving memories, I hope you enjoy them as much as I like sharing them!

1995-early 2000's
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house  funeral home we go! Yes, funeral home. Grandma and Grandpa Smith live in the upstairs apartment of Queen Lee funeral home. The apartment is decorated with antiques, so I've already gotten the "no running" speech. I must have heard it 27 times since I've been here a whole 2 minutes! To this day I can hear all the adults saying "don't break that lamp!". Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's was always a blast. Cousins, the parade, and lot's of food. Dad, my uncle, and cousins usually went deer hunting so we would hear lots of stories about the hunt. One time Dad even got a deer before he was in the woods, he hit it on HWY 231. ;) We would also have company from "up north" sometimes. (That means anywhere North of Bloomington), and since they were there, you could be sure that there would be a "be on your best behavior speech". Then, of course, there would be lots and lots of food! A good time was had by all. Us grand-daughters would play, watch the parade. and get loaded up on sugar. I can gaurantee you that we were dressed up too. Mom had this thing about making sure we were dressed up, and matching..and that included those God forsaken tights, or lacy socks. It was good though. I am thankful for our crazy earlychildhood Thanksgiving dinners. Through all the crazyness there was love, and I would give anything to go back to a Thanksgiving dinner with Grandpa Smith...I would just be sure to dress how I wanted, haha!

This wasn't much in story form, but I hope you enjoyed it! More to come!!