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raeanna,
sounds like a good plan to me.
For my family Thanksgiving is mainly a time for the family to get together, and enjoy each other's company. The whole turkey, and all the fixings, and what not, telling each other what we're thankful for, and so on.
Every year it becomes more important, since my parents have moved various times in the past few years, and us siblings have also been moving and spreading out, and rarely see each other very often.
This year, it is a full event. My parents are hosting it at their place. Both sets of grandparents were planning to come out, but unfortunately due to health problems with my grandma on my father's side they will be unable to. It's almost like a family reunion.
I imagine it will be similar to most Thanksgivings. My mom will cook, mi abuela will attempt to help/take charge, my sister and sister-in-laws will pitch in, or be smart and keep a 20 ft distance from the kitchen. My mom will start yelling because she forgot something, burned something, or something else, we'll make fun of her, and she'll get even more angry. We'll sit down, have a lovely meal, explain to my mother and abuela just how lovely it is, chat, talk about the past few years of our lives, then, hang out in the living room playing card games, Risk, and drinking maté and goya crackers with my grandparents in front of a fireplace.
Of course, this year everyone will be excited, because finally my parents will be becoming grandparents, and us siblings will be parents or uncles and aunts, and unlike popular belief it's not going to be a child by me out-of-wedlock (which has been the running joke in the family since I moved out of my parent's home immediately after high school).
All in all, it will be fun. Sure there will be some arguments, probably some snide remarks, but all in all, we're family, and we all love each other and want the best for each other.
good luck with the thanksgiving plans raeanna, just remember that no matter how much effort you put into it, how frustrating it may become, or stressed out you get, thanksgiving is about being thankful for what you have, and enjoying being with the people you are with on that day!
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