Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thankful for I am not even sure I could put it all into words. Most of all I am so grateful for my Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus Christ. I am so thankful for my family. I am so blessed.

This year my parents came to stay and we had quite a feast for the six of us who ate. It was my Dad, Mom, Shell, Rich, Bry, and me. Andrew napped through dinner (as if he would have eaten anything anyway) and Carter picked at a couple things and I think ate a roll. But let me tell you........the food was DIVINE. There was the possibility of having the amount of people eating doubled or even tripled, but when that didn't happen we kept the same menu and just made a little less of a couple things. It was a lot of work, but so worth it.

For the first time we brined our turkey. I will always brine my turkey from now on. It was SO good. We had turkey, ham, split top homemade rolls, gravy, mashed potatoes (which we almost forgot), sweet potatoes, homemade creamed corn, stuffing, homemade cranberry sauce, jell-o, green bean casserole (for which I strained out all the chunks of mushroom from the soup), and deviled eggs.

We had quite the leftovers, but they were thoroughly enjoyed. Carter refused to take a nap that day so he joined in on the festivities and my sweet Drew slept the afternoon away....so he missed out - not that he would have enjoyed the scrumptious meal anyway! Maybe next year he will!

Sadly no pie and I need to apologize to my husband to this. Next year I will do better and pies galore we shall have!

I love Thanksgiving and the reminder it gives me to remember all the many blessings I have and to not take the big things and little things for granted.

Bryan and Rich played football in the morning which led to ice pack on Rich's ribs and Bry's knee by the afternoon.

Andrew gave my dad some grandkid lovin' while Poppy was trying to nap.

My mom spent a lot of her time in the kitchen...at the sink...which was NOT where I wanted her, but she sure does like to keep busy and I loved all her help!

The boys spent some time with Brownie. One day we will get a dog....not one day soon, but maybe some day.