Turkey, photo albums and This is it

My sister and Ezra drove down from San Francisco and one of the first things my sister did was go into my mom's room and bring out all the photo albums. The five of us huddled around each other and flipped through each and every album. The photos were of my mom in her early years. From elementary school, to high school and life after marriage. There were periods of silence when we were just soaking in a photo... you could just feel and hear everyone thinking. My mom thinking back to when the photo was taken, my sister and I thinking of what my mom must have been like as a young woman and richie and ezra getting a little glimpse of who my mom was. I honestly had to stop concentrating on the photos cuz i could feel the tears. Looking at our boyfriends genuinely interested in my mom's life and enjoying looking at old photos with us hit the spot. And seeing my mom with that 'thinking of those good memories from long time ago' gleam in her eye and smile made me even more teary. And I couldn't be more thankful for these lovers in my life. Thanksgiving was great. We cooked together, ate together, laughed together and tried to communicate with each other. With my mom's broken english, she tried with Ezra. And seeing Ezra being so patient and really trying to understand my mom... made me love him even more. And Richie always being so sweet to my mom... made me fall in love with him ever more. And my sister being the sweet younger sister she always is... made me love her even more. And seeing my mom basking in the love and attention we were giving her made me love her even more. It also made me miss my dad even more. Because I want him to so badly see the men in our lives. And how happy they make us. It was a beautiful Thanksgiving. And ofcourse we had to end the night with watching Michael Jackson's This is it per my mom's request. lol.

And I ain't gonna lie. Every relationship has it's up and downs. If you don't, then you're lying! *wink*wink* And trust me. Richie and I have had our ups and downs. lol. But babe. I couldn't be more thankful for you. We're just two passionate people that love and fight passionately. That's how we roll. That's how we live. And that's why we work.

Happy Monday everyone! And I hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well! xoxo

My adorable mom. She actually let me take a picture of her.




My wonderful sister cooking up a storm. She cooked for 8 hours straight. She's a rockstar. And the food was amazing. Seriously so good. I'm so sad I ate all the leftovers.




Mother wanting a pic with the boys.


The boy's 'helping' us cook. At least look happy when you're rocking it out! hahahahahah. ezra cracks me up in this picture.


ezra said some joke i thought was corny and not funny.
me: you're suh lung heh.
ezra: what's that?
me: i don't know. what's suh lung heh in english?
nancy: ....
my mom: your jokes are SO-SO!


:)


oh! and i forgot to buy the cranberry sauce and candied yams. but the pumpkin pie from Marie Callender's and the creamed corn i made was good! :) It just tasted like corn with cream. hahahaha.