What a Great Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful day! My dad arrived safely yesterday. We met him in Ennis and drove him through Dallas. Got him all checked in at his hotel and then brought him back to the house. I think he was impressed. He said he knew we'd have a nice house, but had no idea it would be *this* nice. LOL We've been truly blessed here.

Dad insisted on taking us out to dinner last night, so we went to Logan's Roadhouse. I find it far superior to Texas Roadhouse, but unfortunately we have a Texas Roadhouse here in town, not a Logan's--but I digress. The Logan's was closer to Dad's hotel.

And the hotel--fabulous! It's a Homewood Suites by Hilton. I'm seriously thinking that Richard and I should take an overnight trip there ourselves. It's a suite (duh!--the name?), but also has a kitchen with two-burner stove, microwave, full fridge, and even some dishes and utensils. We wouldn't have to leave for anything. wink, wink

So today--Dad did get here, although he got a little lost on his way. Called from Frisco. He didn't know that's where he was, but it is. All the way to the tollway. Uh, yeah Dad. You missed the turn. But we got him here and we had a great day. Lots of talking--even though I still don't have much of a voice. A great dinner--all the traditional stuff.

Richard cooked the turkey, dressing, gravy and pumpkin pie--all of it gluten-free. I cooked the sweet potatoes (GF) and green bean casserole (not GF). We were pretty proud that the whole meal except for the green beans was gluten-free. We meant to take a picture of the table before we ate, but of course...we forgot. And I haven't uploaded the pictures yet. So...of course I'll have to blog again so that I can put on the pictures.

So...it was a great day. Dad's heading home tomorrow. He won't let us drive him through Dallas. Insists he knows where he's going. I'm a little worried, but there's only so far you can argue with him. He's 90 years old and he's gonna do what he wants to do. I'm so grateful that we were able to have him here for Thanksgiving. I'm glad that he got to see our new house and where we live finally. He hasn't visited our home since Thanksgiving 2001--when we lived in Provo! A lot has changed since then and I'm glad he was able to see that we've come out of the other end of that particular tunnel.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Tomorrow--I'll be changing the background to Christmas! Get ready!