Thanksgiving 2009

For Thanksgiving this year we made the rounds in Oregon. I had to work the day before and Brian wanted to go the the Lassen High football game (it was the division championships, Lassen won), so we decided to drive on Turkey day. We planned to eat our Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant in Klamath Falls, but the town was dead. Nothing open but an Elmer's and a Sizzler. We were about to give up hope and eat at the Sizzler, when I remember there is a Casino about 30 minutes north of Klamath on Hwy 97. My dad goes there occasionally. Sure enough the tiny casino had a buffet going. Nothing extravagant, but a nice meal. We had fun.

We spent Thanksgiving night at my dad's house in Rufus. Where Parker decided to see if the "old fashioned" rotary phone in the upstairs bedroom worked. What number does he dial?
9-1-1!!! Of course they had to call back to make sure we were all OK. On top of that the Sheriff also called. Ugh!!! So much for an uneventful trip. :o)

On Friday we had lunch with Grandma Jo. We wanted to eat at Brian's favorite Chinese place, but they were closed so we at at Big Jim's. Then Brian fixed a few things on Grandma's computer and we hit the road to Beaverton.

We had yummy tacos for dinner with Brian's brother Brad's family. Brad got Hannah to try cow brain by telling her it was beef. She didn't appreciate that. But Parker liked it and ate two brain tacos! Gross!!!

Then we were off to Grandma Margaret's where we spent the night. We had a lazy morning just visiting with her which was really nice.

On Saturday afternoon we attended Uncle Jerry's 60th "surprise" birthday party. Not as many people came as they were expecting, but it was fun all the same. We stayed with Jerry and Sandy that night and stayed up way too late visiting. It was so nice though. Uncle Jerry made his famous french toast for breakfast. Ahhh, the memories. :o)

All in all is was a nice weekend and for the most part great driving weather. Thanks everyone for feeding us well and letting us crash at your houses. I took our camera but didn't take one picture!!