Thanksgiving All Together!

No-Cook, No-Stress Thanksgiving Day! Yippee!

Also, so fun to wake up in New York and enjoy the Macy's parade live.
We could actually see balloons from our suite (at least those of us who woke up could), 
so we enjoyed both the TV and Dan narrating throughout. 

Just before the end, Dan, Lizzie and I walked down to watch in person. 

Crowded, but not overly so and fun to see the parade up close.

Courtney, Michael, Bob & Rhonda watched the whole thing in person on the upper west side and Courtney came down after to hang out until it was time to get dressed up 

for our Thanksgiving meal at Maison Pickle.

Lizzie's oldest brother, Dave, and his wife and baby, Steph and Ingrid travelled the three hour train trip from Hershey, Pennsylvania to join us on their first Thanksgiving back east (in residency). 

JD & his fiance, Mary Ellen, live in New York and were here for the holiday so they could join us too.

Michael's parents are so fun to spend time with we kept saying how lucky we were to have friends we look forward to seeing and being with who also happen to be Michael's parents!

Having extra family with us was such a treat -- the more the merrier!

The food was AMAZING! We were so glad that Carmine's reservations weren't panning out so we were forced to try something new. The ambiance was cheery and the food delicious and we had tons of leftovers. We even had our own private area in a loft-like section above the main restaurant. 

After our Thanksgiving lunch, we went to Michael & Courtney's so everyone could see their apartment and their rooftop deck. Then walked over to the park and through a few blocks so Dave & Steph could get a taste of Central Park before heading back home on the train.

The rest of us took the subway back to our hotel. When we got on it was light, and when we got off just 20 minutes later, it was dark! It's so weird that it gets dark here by 5:00. However, we were able to enjoy the lights on 5th Avenue as we made our way back home.

Got comfortable for an evening in at our hotel to watch the Cowboys game.

The Critchfield's were in town for Thanksgiving as well, but Marty hadn't heard me mention they were coming over. So he was super surprised when one of his best friends suddenly showed up.

Dave & Steph Rosen brought Hershey's candy that can only be purchased in Hershey -- Reese's peanut butter cups mixed with potato chips or pretzels, fruity pebble flavored Kit Kat, marshmallow centered Hershey kisses! So the girls noshed on treats and gabbed while the boys watched the game right up until the game went into overtime and captured everyone's attention. 

Michael & Courtney spent the night and we had another late night talking.

So grateful to have my family all together for extended togetherness this Thanksgiving.
So grateful for our daughter and son-in-law and their families who we not only love, but enjoy spending time with which extends our group of loved ones that much more.

Love them all so, so, so much!