Happy Thanksgiving

Yes, Grandma was very careful about her diet ;o)

Jeff had as much fun or more with the seige weapons!

What a whirl wind of a week.  We were thrilled to be able to have my mom, her dogs and my sister and her family come for the holiday.  We also celebrated Haden's (my nephew) birthday.  Needless to say, Sydney was not ready to go back to school today.  But we made a bunch of fun food, made way too many "mini-weapons of mass destruction", and we are still cleaning up darts and so forth from all of the contraptions.  But the most important part was that we built relationships, and had a great time with Stasi's kids.  They are sure fun to play with.  They also introduced us to a new game called Strut.  If you are a game officiado, go look for it.  It is painful as well as fun to play.  We played again last night and Sydney was so thrilled to win!

These were worth a good laugh at least!

Our turkey turned out awesome, we finally got the brine just right.  My sister brought her potato ricer, so we had some "creamy, dreamy, mashed potatoes".  I also made a raspberry pie that was the first to be eliminated.  That should tell you something.  I basically made a blind-baked pie shell and filled it with the filling, which is as follows:  8 c. frozen berries, 3/4 c. sugar, pinch of salt and 1/4 c. of instant tapioca.  Cook the filling until it gets thick and the tapioca has absorbed the juices, it will thicken as it cools.  Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.  Very good!  We haven't heard from Wes yet, but I am sure they fed him well for the holiday.  We are working on his Christmas package which will contain a lot of supplies for mini-weapons of mass destruction.  Enjoy the pictures and have a wonderful holiday season!