Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We ate at the "greenhouse". My grandpa, Joe, owns a green house. We worked there while growing up. I was paid 50 cents to transplant a flat to start. My mom had to check each one. I think I was 8 years old when I started. We literally eat Thanksgiving dinner in the greenhouse. There's really not room in the house, my grandma has 12 children (double that with spouses), 50 grandchildren (almost double with spouses), and probably up around 100 great grandchildren. Recently my grandpa has experienced some health issues and has had some close calls. We're grateful to have the chance to spend Thanksgiving with him there in the greenhouse. After the dinner and lots of visiting and catching up with family we went to my parents house where we shot off air rockets. The kids had a ton of fun. Of course we spent plenty of time pouring over the ads, deciding if we wanted to wake up at the wee hours of the morning to shop, and we had plenty of pie and leftovers to stuff ourselves. I'm grateful for my family, they are always there for me and my little family. My grandma & grandpa and all 12 kids at Thanksgiving this year!
This photo gives me nastalgia! Although we didn't have "advanced" equipment like this while I was growing up, we spend countless hours playing in the greenhouse, mostly on Sunday evenings!Corbett launching his rocket, his was a good one!If you want to launch your rocket you better get in line!The nice thing about air rockets is the kids can make their own and after the launcher is built it costs nothing for each launch. We used to launch engine rockets, cost is about $1 a launch. Air rockets go plenty far and the kids can launch their own fairly safely and be able to find them afterward!My dad is a sucker for Sarah, and the other kids. He lets them get away with anything! Where was this side of him when I was growing up!?!