Thanksgiving Part One!!!!!!!!

Well this day of turkeys and thanking started out just wonderfully. I got up early, I did not plan on it but I forgot to turn off my alarm so starting at 7 it was beeping at me and I finally was awake enough and decided to start the day. After a simple breakfast of yogurt, I was planning ahead wanted to leave enough room for all the turkey and fixings and pie I would eat, I headed down to campus to help set up the room for our lunch. After moving around some very round tables and setting up some very cushioned folding chairs my work was done. It was now time for one of the great highlights of The Great Turkey Day, Turkey Bowl. There I was all decked out in my football attire. I will have to dress up again and put up a picture of how wonderful I looked but for now I will just describe it. I had on my red hat, backwards, my long sleeve HART shirt, I ended up rolling the sleeves up after a while when it started to get hot. When the sleeves came up my orange monkey faced wristband was revealed, a great accessory to any clothing. I had on my green basketball shorts, knee socks and my basketball sneakers. Then finish off the whole outfit you had the knee brace on the left knee, a sign that I am getting attacked by old age, and the patriotic mouth guard. I was hoping that I would be able to play as good as I looked, and yes I was successful. We played against another ward and there was a great turnout of people. We all had a wonderful time. I was able to throw a few touchdowns and even caught some too. I was able to use my long arms to out reach and make some spectacular catches. I had a pretty good highlight film if I may say so. I even caught the game ending and winning touchdown so I was happy about it. Then with about an hour and a half until lunch would start I took the long trip, a few seconds crossing the street, to the beach to cool off. I body surfed a few waves and had a nice time. Just love that ocean it is such a wonderful thing. I am thankful for the ocean. Then I came home showered and got ready for the first meal of turkey and all the fixings that I would have. I put on my shirt that Mom said would be the most Thanksgivingy that I have. Boy did I look good too. :) Then I was off to campus to get the party started. I arrived in the ballroom and made my presence known, doing what I do best, acting like an idiot. There was loud pointless noise, dancing, picture taking and anything else you can thing off that would make me seem weird as can be. It then came to the most awaited moment of the year, time to eat the turkey. There was a blessing and off we went, but of course we all know that it is ladies first. So as all the sisters in the ward swarmed to the food line I noticed that there were all there and no one was at the desert table. I figured it smart of me and alright to go and start with the desert portion of the meal first. I grabbed a bowl and filled it with some pumpkin cake, chocolate haupia pie from Ted's Bakery (the most amazing pie) and some ice cream (my bowl is pictured above). After enjoying the wonderful deserts and working the room some more, taking pictures, dancing and clowning around, the line for food was gone. Now it was my moment to shine, the long anticipated, long awaited turkey time. Would it be a disappointment? Would it end up as an Ode to a Grecian Urn time like the tram ride to Disneyland? I grabbed a plate and with a big smile on my face, as if I were a child swimming in a pool of chocolate milk, started to pile on the food. I started with the turkey and then added just a little more turkey and then to go with all that turkey I put just a little more turkey on the plate. When I moved on to the next items of food I realized that my plate was already full. I did my best possible arranging to put the mashed potatoes and gravy on the plate. I also included a little ham, lots of stuffing and a roll. I walked over to fill my cup with some punch and as I went I passed in front of the bishop who said "Kenny is happy" and I replied smiling from ear to ear "oooooooooooooooo yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in a voice that was unnecessarily loud. I then commented to him that I thought they should find bigger plates for next year because I had trouble fitting enough food on my plate. I then started into all that wonderful food until it was all gone, every once in a while standing to take a picture or just dance a little. After I and everyone else had gotten their share of food it was time to start a program that had been prepared. As you will see in the short video I made we had some people singing and some people dancing, then we had a fire knife show, without the fire for good reasons, and some games. There was a contest to see who could do the best turkey gobble. Everyone was involved and having a great time. Then I found so time to play with some of the kids of the bishopric. As all was coming to an end I won this sweet hat that you can see and then I headed home. I had an hour or so to prepare of the next meal that I was to eat. We shall all see how that turned out and how Thanksgiving 2008 ended. To Be Continued.