November 2008

Thanksgiving

It’s Thanksgiving!

Carl and I flew back east to Massachusetts yesterday and arrived in Hartford about 5pm local time. Mom and dad picked us up and brought us home. Pulled pork sandwiches, poring over old family photos that I have permission to bring home and scan, taking a peek at Dad’s computer, then off to bed.

Today we drove up to Campton, NH, for Thanksgiving day at my brother’s. Kurt has really taken to me this year. He is a bit hyperactive with me, but we have been having fun. He’s an imaginative and sensitive 8-year-old, and fun to be around. We arrived here at about noon. Our sister, Susan, arrived shortly thereafter. We helped make dinner, which served about 3pm.

After dinner Mom and I took Kurt out to run to blow off some energy. We raced to various landmarks along the road until I was fully satisfied that Kurt does, in fact, have more stamina than this 40-year-old, if not my speed yet. We looked at a small old graveyard on the walk home - earliest readable headstone dated from 1822.

Then John, Dad and I packed up and headed to Holiday Magic, an annual event where they set up a Christmas village for locals to visit with their families to view the lights, listen to music and sit on Santa’s (Dad’s) lap. John has a great set-up. He snaps the photo, which then automatically loads and displays on a monitor for the parents to view. If they like a photp he can then print it out on a dye-sub printer he has hooked up. Photoshop is set up to automate cop, adding copyright info to the lower right corner, and printing the photo. Very nifty.

Here are two results: Me and dad, and the whole family (who stopped in later). I left Holiday Magic at about 7:30pm and came back to the house with Mom, Kurt, Carl and Susan. We watched Star Trek Voyager episodes with Kurt and then sent him off to bed, only to follow ourselves before too long.