This year Thanksgiving started early. I can write a lot or you can just look at pictures. Hahaha. I’m guessing everybody is more interested in pictures, so I’m going to save myself from a lot of writing. Here are the links:

Lap’s Honey Walnut Shrimp

Lappie came home from Fresno and cooked for
Anh Chi Hai.

Thanksgiving

From football, to crazy scavenger hunts to lots
& lots of turkey and a whole lot of lovin’

What am I thankful for this year? I am so grateful to be part of such a special family, married to a great husband, and surrounded by the best of friends. I live the good life and I don’t take any of it for granted.

My friend, Roger, did the cutest thing.

He got a turkey and a giftcard to Albertsons for free this Thanksgiving. So what he did was went to his class (he’s a 4th grade teacher) and assigned a little writing project for them. He asked them if he was to give them a free turkey, would they keep it or give it to someone else and why? They all wrote a paper and a good percentage of them were … quoting Roger…crap :)) but there was one that stood out. A kid wrote about how he thinks he would keep the turkey since he feels that his family deserves it because they are so poor and have such a large family they can’t afford a Thanksgiving dinner.

Today Roger called that family in afterclass for an “emergency meeting” and gave the family the turkey and the giftcard. The father was so moved that he cried.

Doesn’t that just warm your heart? ;)

Happy Holidays! (L)