Beavers Enjoy Thanksgiving At White House With First Family

[bigtree]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Oregon State men's basketball team enjoyed their Thanksgiving meal on Thursday like most people with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pie. The only difference is the Beavers had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eat at the White House with President Obama and the First Family.

What should be known by everyone now is that head coach Craig Robinson is the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama and the brother-in-law of President Obama. Since the Beavers were unable to schedule a game on the East Coast, like they have the past four years, the First Lady and Robinson made an arrangement for the team to continue the annual tradition of touring the White House . . .



The student-athletes, coaches and support staff flew from Portland to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, and after a two-hour study hall at the hotel early Wednesday, they went to the Capital Area Food Bank to stuff bags with food for needy families. Their goal was to fill 1,000 bags but the group stayed for nearly three hours and knocked out more than 1,200 . . .





After a quick tour of the White House on Thursday, including the opportunity to get some shots up on the official basketball court, everyone gathered on the main level to an impressive Thanksgiving spread that included brine-soaked, thyme-roasted turkey with gravy, cornbread stuffing, oyster stuffing, macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and kale salad. Dessert featured six different kinds of pie including apple, huckleberry, cherry, banana cream, pumpkin and sweet potato with honey-meringue topping.


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Photo Gallery

[bluestateguy]

1. Under the watchful eye of James and Dolly Madison

Dolly would insist on ice cream being served.

[JanT]

3. love this couple and nice to see another family member

i just love seeing pictures of this couple. they seem so real to me. maybe because i spent so much time during the past campaign reading everything i could and saw so many pictures of them being real people.

[whathehell]

6. Me too...I love seeing pictures of all of them, and yes, they all do seem happy. n/t

[Aristus]

8. James would insist that the black people do the serving.

Glad we've moved on from all of that...

[femrap]

10. I am so

removed from sports these days, I really thought the photos were going to show REAL LIVE beavers (those cute little dam-making critters) being fed by POTUS.

I need more coffee this morning. I'm just not awake yet.

[union_maid]

13. Me, too

They were nice pictures, but I was a little disappointed.

[femrap]

15. Yep,

I prefer the pictures of animals over people.

Do you click on Salomon Enchanted Evening's (a DU poster) thread on Sunday? It is a ton of pictures of animals w/ titles on them. They are so much fun. I send the thread to a few people.

Your dog avatar is cute! Did you watch The National Dog Show yesterday? I did. I wanted the Great Dane to win....turned out it was the same breed as last year that won...in fact it was last year's winner's daughter.

[roguevalley]

14. my daddy's almamater YEA!

[siligut]

2. How fun!

Look how happy they are! I love these photos, thank you for posting them.

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. I've never understood why George Bush Jr. was the guy to have a beer with

Why would I want to shoot the breeze with an alcoholic pompous asshole bragging about how he's the "decider" and he's "workin hard". Barack seems like a much better beer partner.

[otohara]

5. POTUS/FLOUTS Are So Thoughtful

gracious - Love them!

[Aristus]

7. Some handsome young men with our handsome President.

Happy Thanksgiving to all...

[neverforget]

9. Go Ducks!

I kid! That's awesome!

[rhett o rick]

11. Oregon State University is a great university. They have a big game "Civil War" against

Oregon this Saturday. Football of course.

[glowing]

12. It's fun to see people taller than the Obama's and Mrs. Obama looks like a little girl

all happy that her big bro is home... There are moments when I get this "childhood" image of her in her adult face.. Its very cute.

[redStateBlueHeart]

16. Random, but...I'm lovin' Michelle's headband