Thanksgiving

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone and I still cannot believe it is over. So much planning goes into the Guelich's Thanksgiving tradition and in less than an hour, it is over. Dave and I decided when we got married to spend Thanksgiving with the Guelich family and Christmas with the Weir family. My mom has always made a big deal out of Thanksgiving and Dave said his family always made a big deal of Christmas. So it was decided. It has worked out great the last 3 years. Since we have gotten older, my sisters and I have helped out my mom a lot more in the kitchen. This year, Emily was able to participate as well. She had a blast stirring ingredients together for pies and bread. I took on the job as potato peeler and dish washer. I had a job once as a dish washer for a professional chef who gave cooking lessons out of her home. I think that was the best job I have ever had. I got to sit in on the classes (which I learned a ton from), watch everyone practice making what they were taught, and then eat free food, plus I got paid really well and I usually got to take home the leftovers. Unfortunately that was right after Emily was born and it was hard to find a free babysitter every week. I became undependable to the Chef and she needed to find someone else. It was most definitely my loss. Back to Thanksgiving though, we spent the whole morning preparing food. It is always fun to hang out with my sisters and my mom and make good food. Almost everyone was able to come for dinner with the exception of Jennifer's husband Wes and my oldest brother and his wife. We had a full house and it was great to devour all of our hard work in about 15 minutes. My Dad sort of put a damper on the day by trying to clean out the furnace right after we ate. A huge cold front came in the day before Thanksgiving. Since there were babies in the house, my Dad lit the furnace so we could have heat. It wasn't acting right so after we all ate, he went to see what was wrong. Turns out there was a crack in one of the heater parts which could have burnt the house down the night before, very comforting. He turned off the heater and tried to vacuum out the furnace. Little did he know that something was wrong with the vacuum which was blowing out everything he was sucking up. There was black soot everywhere! Way to go Dad! We spent the rest of the time there blowing black snot out of our noses and shaking soot off of everything we own. The evening was not a total loss. We played Catch Phrase which turned out to be a ton of fun. Dave had to drive back to Round Rock to be at work the next day, but overall, the day was a blast. Dave came back to San Antonio Friday night and we hung out with family all day Saturday and then came back home. Everyone is exhausted and glad to be back in their own beds. We decided to come back on Saturday so that we had an extra day to rest before the week started. We are headed back to San Antonio on Friday because Andrew is graduating from the Police Academy. I am so proud of him. Out of thousands of applicants, he is one of 34 people who made it. He was in the top of all of his classes and now he is about to be part of the SAPD. It is so weird that my brother is a cop! I am nervous for his safety, but he is a smart guy and I know he will make us very proud.