Happy Thanksgiving!

Today has finally arrived. A day to sleep in, cook for hours, finish eating in 30 minutes, take an afternoon nap, try to be interested in the football games on and most importantly be thankful for all that you have. We just hope our turkey is moist, the mash potatoes are smooth, and that everything is ready at the same time. At least we will be with family who we love and will love us no matter what.

Here are some fun Thanksgiving Facts from InfoPlease:

• The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621; the colonists celebrated it as a traditional English harvest feast
• The poet and editor Sarah J. Hale had begun lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday and during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, looking for ways to unite the nation, discussed the subject with Hale. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
• In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Controversy followed, and Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November, where it remains.
• The turkey is actually a type of pheasant and they are the only breed of poultry native to the Western Hemisphere
• Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. They can also reach speeds of 25 miles per hour on the ground. Domesticated turkeys are too big and have lost this ability.
• According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at Thanksgiving

Jamie and I have alot to be thankful for, so much to look forward to and we couldn't be happier.

Happy Thanksgiving :)