FAMILY TIME!

     Well, Thanksgiving has always been a little bit of an odd and not so normal holiday for my family. But then again, my family's never been really normal. On my dad's side of the family, he has a sister and a niece (but they have some issues). And his dad died when I was little and his mom died a few years ago, so his side of the family isn't really the one we associate with (even though that sounds horrible, I don't mean it like that).
      Anyways, all my family lives in Lexington for the most part. My mom's parents live pretty close and my aunt and uncle live in Versailles with their three sons. But for Thanksgiving, my aunt and uncle didn't want to come over to my grandparents' house, so all six of the Scroggins went to the Smiths' house for Thanksgiving dinner. No one in my family is really a huge 'traditional food' fan (crazy but whatever), so on Thursday night, we ended up having make your own pizzas and a salad bar. A lot of my friends thought it was ridiculous that we were missing out on 'a big turkey and some good mashed potatoes', but I was actually pretty happy with what we had. My mom and grandmother are all the biggest fans of 'Southern cooking', but they were really just tired of having what we always have, so I enjoyed my barbecue pizza and chips and queso Thursday night.
       I actually do enjoy Thanksgiving a lot, but mostly because I don't get that excited for it and it's pretty relaxing. We don't have any huge traditions that I look forward to, but I still have a great time on Thanksgiving. We don't travel anywhere or pack or have to deal with crazy family members, so it's pretty low stress. For some people, Thanksgiving is one of their favorite holidays, but for me, it's one of the most low-key holidays (but I still appreciate it!). I guess part of it is that I don't have that big of a family to celebrate with, but that's cool, too. I'm the oldest grandchild, but I get excited thinking about Thanksgiving when I'm a mom. I hope that all my siblings will get married and have lots of children so my children will have lots of cousins (something I missed out on) and we'll all go back to Lexington and just have a wonderful traditional Thanksgiving! Maybe that's kinda cheesy, but at this point, I don't really care.