Thanksgiving - Final Leg

(Warning: Long Post, but the last one)
I told you it was an extravaganza. This was not so much a leg as it was a detour. Scott's granny Helen(Scott's dad's mom) was celebrating her 88th birthday. She is the one I refer to as the emailing granny. Saturday morning we headed out on a 3 hour trip to Synder, TX. We would be meeting other members of the Robinson family for a celebratory lunch at Mo Malee's steakhouse.

Granny looked quite spiffy in her green sweater and leather jacket. She is just so cute, I'm glad we got to see her! Also in attendance were Connie(seriously, one of the nicest people you will ever meet), her husband Wes and brother, Bo. We missed you, Becky, and hope you're feeling better. Most of the Key family made it, along w/ the Kirkpatrick family. Nick was quite anxious about seeing his cousins Krece and Zaran. To say Nick took a liking to Krece is an understatement. He followed him around everywhere and sometimes would just walk up to Krece and grin like a fool at him. Krece was a bit unsure of how to deal with suddenly being an idol, although I think he handled it quite well. Nick loved the whole thing as there were new people for him to show off his singing skills. He will perform on demand.

Lunch was a typical TX affair with lots of steaks, chicken fried steaks and gravy. My "side" dish was a 4lb sweet potato. It came w/ separate containers of brown sugar and marshmallows. I seriously should have taken a picture. After lunch we went to Granny's house for some cake and ice cream. Nick was front and center for the cake, of course. Connie, you did a fabulous job arranging everything.

We left shortly afterwards since we were heading home the next day. We made good time on Sunday and made it up here in the nick of time. I'm positive had we been 15mins later, we would've been stuck in traffic for at least a couple of hours. The bridges from Alma to Fayetteville were pretty slick and there were a ton of accidents.

That wraps it up. Whew!! It was a fantastic Thanksgiving and it really was wonderful seeing everyone. Just wanted to say to my family that we missed you, but can't wait to see you this weekend.