The first of many blogs....

On the topic of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday! For the Goldsmiths, the Thanksgiving holiday is literally a week long celebration, as the New Jerseyans are up in Maine for the week, and then, on Wednesday (this Wed) we travel down to CT to have Thanksgiving with my family. The days are full of activities, and we'll be posting a lot....so that means the text wont be as developed...

Yesterday was the traditional "rivalry Saturday tailgate" at fellow colleague Wick's house in Waterville. We get together to watch some of the Maine state high school superbowls, the UNH/UMaine game, and the Harvard Yale game. But mostly we just hang out, drink beer, and eat amazing tailgate food. The piece de resistance this year was Wick's "heart attack hotdog," which was a hot dog stuffed with cheese and then wrapped in bacon. Beautiful. L to R are Mike, Wick, Trenton, and Josh. I am sporting my new Johny Hannah jersey for the occasion.

Then I met Sally and CS at grandpops, where we hung around for a bit. There was a beautiful crescent moon last night, and BaBa and Callum admired it out BaBa's window....
Callum thoroughly enjoyed his chocolate ice cream cone for dessert, didnt he?
Everyone at dinner. Jon is missing from the picture because he went camping in Bar Harbor last night.....
Best friends reunited! Callum was so happy to see Jenny, the New Jersey Newfoundland dog. He just kept looking up at her going "wowwwww!!!" over and over again! Here, he was sitting on the floor, petting her head, and going "shhhhhhh."
Right now we are just waiting for people to get here, as we are hosting dinner. I am BBQing a ham on the Weber, I have homemade baked beans in the crock, and Amanda is baking something that smells great. More to come later.....