I Love a Parade!

Marcus and Kristina flew in Wednesday night for Thanksgiving. We met them at the airport where they were wearing these turkey sweaters that they made themselves. Marcus' turkey lost his googly eye. It did get fixed but I didn't get a picture. Don't you love how Marcus' turkey has a hat and Kristina's has a bonnet?

We were going to be driving up to New Jersey to spend Thanksgiving with some of Rich's family. Since the kids were flying into Baltimore, we picked them up and just kept right on driving north. We got just a couple of hours sleep before heading into New York City to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! I really love parades. To say it was crowded would be an understatement. We never did get close enough to see what was going on at the street level, but we could see all the balloons just fine. Here's the crowd. See the clowns? That's the parade.

I don't know how Rich got some of these shots. There was a building just to our left and we wouldn't see the balloons until they passed the building. Then, there was a traffic light in the way. Also, a lady who was sitting on a railing. She (or her hat) ended up in almost all of our pictures. Did I mention that Rich took all the pictures with his arm extended straight up over his head to get over the crowd? It's amazing he was able to get as many good shots as he did. Here are a few:

We got back to Rich's sister's house just as the other guests were arriving and had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. We had such a great time visiting with Rich's brother, sister, cousin and lots of nieces and nephews. Since we've never lived close by we miss a lot of these family gatherings. We're really happy that spending this year in DC puts us within driving distance.