Thanksgiving

We had a very calm little Thanksgiving at home. It was the only day this week Wes had off. In fact, today (Friday) he is on a 14 hour call, then tomorrow until Sunday he is on the 24 hour shift. So, we wanted to take full advantage of him being home. In the morning, Wes went over to the Turkey Bowl while I was cooking and the kids were watching the parade. The Turkey Bowl put a bit of a kink to our plans as Wes broke his finger (I will post on that next). So, we ae our scrumptous meal at aroung 1 pm, then decorated our house for Christmas (ie-put up the tree adn the lights). Then we veged and watched a movie with the kids (Ice Age Dinosaur one) and after the kids were in bed, Wes and I watched GI Joe. It was a great day and I was VERY thankful to have Wes home!

Our turkey.

The feast included the turkey (above) and all the trimmings below: Mashed potatoes (in the big blue pot), Jello jigglers, Sweet potatos with marshmallows, green bean casserole, gravy, stuffing, homemade rolls, 2 pumpkin pies from scratch (using the giant pumpkins we grew), and a pecan pie I bought (wasn't great...).Mmmmm

Kids awaiting meal

(Wes is on the phone in the background talking to a hand surgeon about his finger)

The tree

Kindle kept herself busy with stockings...

Solace tried to help by giving her a hat to match

Dad with his splint (we had to make a Walgreen's run to get that taken care of) holds Kindle.

Tree

Ender watching Ice Age