November 26, 2007 - 1:21am — Road Trip America
Getting Crushed By A Christmas Tree
Every year on the day after Thanksgiving Louis, Kira and Jenna head to Connecticut to pick out the Parks Family Christmas Tree. When I'm on town, they let me tag along, which is wonderful for a kid from California who either picked out his tree in the Home Depot parking lot while wearing flip flops or helped his Dad take it out of the box and "assemble" the pieces.
The journey begins at 7:30am with delicious Dunkin' Donuts (which, alone, is worth the trip).
November 23, 2007 - 5:10pm — Road Trip America
Thanksgiving Recap
My oh my, what a day! After waking up at 10am and lounging about/working/napping, we (The Parks Family, Great Aunt Nancy and their Thanksgiving surrogate child - me) welcomed Fox and Jean for dinner. Originally from Beijing, we had a great time chattering on in Mandarin and talking about how China has changed over the last twenty years. Then it was dessert time, which meant a solid 24 people arrived, including a wild brood of 10 kids. It was just like holidays at home - chaotic, crowded and wonderful!
Aunt Ann, Looking Divine Beating Something