Thanksgiving 2015 - Catching up....

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl

I love Thanksgiving with the Davis family. One of my favorite traditions is the Davis Family Turkey Bowl. Young and old meet at Grandma and Grandpa’s house and walk over to an empty field at American Fork High School across the street. It’s always cold so we bundle up to keep warm until we run enough to start warming up. We always start with football. 15 v 15 or something like that. Usually Jeff and Marc are the quarterbacks and now that there are young marrieds, they usually take a turn too. After an hour or so we move on to soccer and finish out playing an hour or so of soccer. I love how everyone gets to play. It’s competitive but friendly and the quarterbacks give everyone a chance to catch a pass. The brothers always play a little rougher but they are always laughing so hard they can’t really make a real tackle but there’s always plenty of “holding.” My kids love playing too. Even Mikey and Isaac (two of the youngest grandkids) get to make runs and catches. Later we clean up and head to the kitchen to help make Thanksgiving dinner. Clint and Carmen had everything all set up in the basement to seat 45. We prayed and ate and visited and had a great time being together. I am so grateful to have such wonderful in-laws and be a part of the Davis family. They have always been so good to me and to our family.