Part of our Thanksgiving traditions are the kids and I going through all of the ads for Black Friday. Even though we don't really go out and shop at 4 in the morning or fight the crowds, it's fun to see what's on sale and what we are missing. Usually, we don't miss much!

Braquel and Keven got to Thanksgiving dinner a bit late. Braquel always has to work on Thanksgiving and they like to stop by Keven's grandma's house before they come out. It's a good thing that we usually eat a little later at the Jones' house!

Can you believe that Chelsey finally posed for me? Typically she turns away really fast and all I get is a shot of her flying hair! This time she just smiled and waited for me to take her picture. Maybe it helps that she was starving and wanted to stay close to the food!

Here is Gary's dad getting the turkey ready to slice. Along with the usual turkey, we have potatoes and gravy, homemade turkey noodles, frog eye salad, rolls, and lots of pies! Gary's sister, Sheila usually makes the turkey noodles and frog eye salad, but her family spent Thanksgiving in California this year. Grandma Jones did the turkey noodles and I took frog eye salad instead. The kids said we just couldn't break with tradition!

Another tradition at the Jones Thanksgiving is pickles. Lots and lots of grandma's homemade pickles. Ellie loves them and they are great for snacking on while waiting for everything else to get done! It's very unusual to see Ellie without a pickle or olives in her hand when we are grandma and grandpa's house! Stay tuned for more of our Thanksgiving pictures in the next few days! Slowly, but surely, we'll get this blog caught up to the present!