Thanksgiving

I come from a large family with big Thanksgiving gatherings. There are eleven children in my family, and my mom comes from a family with twelve children. All twelve children live in the Sacramento area and also have large families. Thanksgiving is bigger than Christmas for us. For twenty-two years we have had our annual Family Turkey Skate. It is where we rent out a roller rink the day before Thanksgiving for all of our relatives. On the day of Thanksgiving after our meals, we meet at a church building for dessert and games. The games are usually slaughter ball and knock out, so it is definitely an event to look forward to.

With that being said, our Thanksgivings have been pretty small the past two years. Last year we stayed here in Utah. Brendan's mom was in Seattle, because his sister was having a baby, so we had Thanksgiving with Brendan's dad, Brendan's brother, Brendan, and I. This year we stayed in Utah again, but Brendan's parents and brother were in China. So Thanksgiving consisted of Brendan, Hazel, my brother Bruce, and I. Even though it was very small, it was relaxing and enjoyable. Since we were doing our own turkey, we decided to do something different. We fried it. Brendan's dad had a fryer he had never used, so we borrowed it. I usually don't like fried food, but the turkey was very moist and delicious. We had a fourteen pound turkey, and it only took 45 minutes to cook.