Thanksgiving Review

I have felt full for three days straight now and I just want to be hungry again and then eat an apple. It is a good full and I wanted to offer my review of the meals we enjoyed by awarding a few of my favorites. First of all EVERYTHING at both dinners was amazing, but a few items stood out to my pregnancy influenced tastebuds this year:


Best Cranberry Sauce - Aunt Libby's homemade sauce


Best Potatoes - Tom made potatoes that tasted great without the gravy - impressive.


Best Turkey - This is a dangerous category...Brian smoked a turkey with hickory chips, Janelle and Brian roasted a turkey after injecting it with cajun seasoning, and Grandma Lou had a good old fashioned turkey. They were all great, but I am boring and for Thanksgiving I prefer old fashioned plain turkey.


Best Stuffing - Grandma Lou (I tried an internet recipe that turned out ok until I tasted hers and now mine seems pretty gross. I didn't think to look in my cookbook from Grandma, her recipe was sitting there wasted in my cupboard!!)


Best Homemade Pie - I win this by default because I was the only one who made a pie from scratch. I tried a Cream Cheese Caramel Apple pie that turned out pretty tasty. However pumpkin is my favorite so I lose in the best pie overall category.


We had a good time playing Rockband at Aunt Libby's with Janelle, Brian, Scott, Libby, Libbi, Brian the boys, McKinley and Brian W.'s friend Ben.


At Grandma Lou's we had a fun time visiting with Oswalds, Robert Doxey's, Schettlers, Bouds, Graham Doxey family minus Graham, and Max Doxey. If I missed naming you I apologize! Just as we were leaving Robert asked Grandma if she was tired out yet and she answered while bustling around, "No, but people are leaving without eating all this pie!" I hope I have that much energy when I hit my 30's let alone at 78!


The highlight of Lincoln's weekend was "winning" a pumpkin pie at Grandma Lou's when he guessed a number between 1 and 20 and was right on. He does not know Grandma was trying to pawn the pies off on everyone - he just thinks he was lucky!

After eating our feast and then playing at Aunt Libby's I left full, but sure enough once we buckled into the car all the kids said, "I am hungry!" I guess they were too busy playing to feast.


Truman enjoyed eating pumpkin pie by picking his piece up and not having to use a fork.


Jefferson ate one bite of turkey over both days and has subsisted on rolla and sugary food.


McKinley liked the sweet potatoes and rolls.


I have not officially noted anything I am grateful for, but the other day I thought how lucky I am that the purpose of my life work is driven by my kids. I would have a hard time working so hard for so long in many of the mundane things I have to do if I did not know the source of all my work was my most precious possessions. Nothing else would be worth this, yet they are and then some. I am grateful for a life driven by an invaluable purpose that constantly challenges me to live up to it. Happy Thanksgiving and bring on the Christmas season!!