It was the days after Thanksgiving and we were all full of food but still involved in activities that come only at this time of the year. We spent Friday afternoon at the tree lighting where Jane ran into Els and Matt Traylor who were dancing very rapidly as they saw new friends including this nameless person who was described as a friend of Matt's. We were able to get this fine picture of Els just as the batteries died.

Thanksgiving Saturday began with a concert. Benjamin got his violin ready and then needed help from Sarah to see if we could adjust the strings which we unfortunately could not until later ( see below ). Jane played the flute and Sarah played the piano All this excitement caused Suzanne to have one, two, and then three phone calls.

In the evening, Jon Huang and Dan Yi showed up thinking that they could see The Matrix here. But Sarah and Claire had other plans that they had to act out sometimes moving very rapidly. Sarah took a phone call as Lily and Claire sorted scraps of paper on the floor next to Dan. The sorting continued amid an effort to capture Dan's face as he and Benjamin slugged it out on Madden 2001 as David watched. It took many tries and still his whole face wasn't captured even as Piya and Jess came rushing in the door while Lily continued to sort paper and Jon and Dan focused on the football game. Jess and Piya posed for this calmer picture and the gang of girls did a few group shots as Suzanne talked to Lauren on the phone.

The football game continued with Dan focused and Ben dancing because of his great lead. Dan concentrated harder as did Ben while Lily posed for a number of pictures

before Jon Huang ended the evening with a few family pictures