Thanksgiving morning...

We have had a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving morning so far...

Preparations of good food are in full swing...

After the Macy's Parade, the boys made Thanksgiving Thankful Turkeys...

Some appetizers to tide us over...

Matthew is thankful for Joey, Mommy, Bo Bear, Nick, Dad and Christmas.

Nicholas is thankful for Beyblades, Pizza, Bo Bear, Family, the trampoline and friends.

Fire is sooo cozy...

Baby sleeping...(could be the fire..I'm getting sleepy too)

Menu

Appetizers

Spinach dip with pumpernickle

Cranberry-cream cheese dip

Pickles, olive and cheese tray

Dinner

Turkey

Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes

Sweet Potato Casserole

Brussel Sprouts in a Parmesean Cream Sauce

Cranberry

Homemade French Bread

Dessert

Apple Pie with ice cream

Pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Thanksgving Menu at our home

Appetizers:

Spinach dip with pumpernickle bread

Cranberry Cream Cheese dip with crackers

Various cheeses, pickles and olives to snack on...

Dinner:

Turkey

Stuffing

Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes

Sweet Potato Casserole

Green Bean Casserole(ala Pioneer Woman this year)
Cranberry

Honey Glazed Rolls

Dessert:

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pumpkin Pie w/whipped cream

Apple pie w/vanilla ice cream(Darryl asked me to make two apple pies and hide one just for him..haha!!)

Thankful for my family and the wonderful blessings of the season..

Our Thanksgiving

I usually enjoy cooking Thanksgiving at our home but this year, with having such a tiny kitchen and our apartment being a bit squished, I wasn't really feeling it. Thankfully, we had an invitation from a dear friend to join them for Thanksgiving. We headed up to the mountains and joined our long time friends for the day. We certainly had a spread! Yummy turkey, mashed potatoes, sausage stuffing, sweet potato casserole, broccoli casserole, yeast rolls, cranberry, etc. Sweet Isaac made pumpkin pie and we had apple pie as well. It was all so good!
But even better was the company. We got to visit with Steve and Wendy, Isaac's grandmother, and Isaac and Devon. I hadn't seen Devon is so long and here he was a grown man!! It was very surreal.
I got to sit outside(in the freezing cold) bundled up and have a wonderful talk with Wendy. We always have these wonderful discussions on faith and she always surprises me with her wisdom. We got to know Steve a bit better and he's such a great guy. I'm so happy for my friend Wendy for finding a wonderful man to spend the rest of her life with. We all got to share stories and laughs and it was an enjoyable day.
The boys had a blast as usual playing with Isaac and we were all sad to leave.

The cold front blew in while we were there and it was freezing when we left. We said good-bye to our sweet friends and hope to get together again soon.
It was a blessed Thanksgiving and we all have so much to be thankful for!

Thankful

Things I'm thankful for this year:

My Lord-He is my protector, my healer, my father
My Jesus-yes I claim him as mine, but he can be yours too of course (-:
My husband( I really believe I won the husband lottery with him)
My children( y'all know how much I love them and feel so thankful for them)
My husband's job (he has one...it's a good one..'nough said)
That my husband's boss let him have the week after Christmas off. This is huge and he may not even realize it. It's usually against company policy to do this, but last year he let him and it was so wonderful to have him home from Christmas to New Years. He's allowing him again to take this week off and I'm very grateful.
Bo Bear-he drives me nuts with his fur but he's the best dog and I really feel protected with him around.
No car payments as of September!
My new Bosch-It's my favorite kitchen appliance at the moment
Music-sometimes it just really cheers me up and sets the mood for the day
Knitting and sewing-I love to be creative
Homeschooling-I know not everyone is called to do this and at times, I wonder if I really am, but the good days outweigh the bad and I love the relationship I have with the boys.
Books-I love good books
My blog-I'm glad I finally got off my hiney and did this. It's been fun to share our moments and I love to journal
Blogs-I love to be inspired by other creative women
Friends-I have such a wide variety of friends and the Lord has a purpose for each one in my life and I'm grateful for them.
Our camper-It's granted us so many fun memories this year
The mountains-boy do I love the mountains. It's my favorite place to go to.
Little league Baseball-I'm the boys biggest fan!
Snow-love it, can't wait for it!
Fall-I didn't grow up with fall being raise in Fl(although it's weird I moved from NY when I was very little but still have memories of it...it seems that it stuck with me somehow) Anyway, now that I live in a place with a proper fall-I savor every minute!
I'm thankful for new possiblities in our near future. I don't want to share yet because nothings definite but am excited about the new ventures coming our way.