"Uncle Paddy! Uncle Paddy! Uncle Paddy!"

[Padraig18]

Despite Tony and my best efforts to enter the house here in Chicago quietly around 4:30 this morning, my nephews heard our entrance and thundered down the stairs shouting "Uncle Paddy!" loud enough to wake the dead! *grin* They were followed shortly by my three younger brothers, my older brother and sister-in-law, and the predictable Irish homecoming/mob scene ensued, complete with a couple of barking dogs and three cats twisting around various sets of ankles--- in a word, 'mayhem' of the nicest kind. :)

On this Thanksgiving day, I am thankful to have a family who both loves and misses me; I am especially grateful for my older brother, Dary, and my lovely sister-in-law, Siobahn. It is a rare couple who, in their first year of their marriage, would welcome 4 orphaned children into their home, and then shepherd their lives with the love, patience and devotion that all children need and deserve. I love them both more than words alone can say, and I shall never be able to repay the debt I owe them.

Happy Thanksgiving, all! :hi:

[MuseRider]

1. Back to you Uncle Paddy!

What a wonderful welcome! Enjoy them all as they will you and have a wonderful day. Even though we may tangle it up on occasion I wish nothing but the best for you my friend. Have a wonderful day.

[Padraig18]

2. Thank you, darlin'!

Happy Thangsgiving to you and yours! :hug::hi:

[SiobhanClancy]

3. Happy Thanksgiving,Padraig:)

Your family sounds perfectly grand...but then they would be,wouldn't they?;)

[Padraig18]

4. My family are lovely!

There'll be a mob today--- 57 at last count, not counting last-minute add-ons and drop-by's. :)

[Nlighten1]

5. That is wonderful

Your brother and his wife sound like my kind of people.

[Padraig18]

6. They'r absolutely lovely!

:hi:

[Padraig18]

7. I'm off to fetch my Granny!

I'll bbl! :hi:

[Padraig18]

8. I have been soundly thrashed at table tennis by my 8 year-old nephew.

I am so ashamed... :P