Thanksgiving 2013

We had 18 people at our house for Thanksgiving.  My sister's family joined us and we were all especially excited because my brother David and his wife Annie flew in from Texas.  Sadly, my dad and Carolyn weren't able to make it because Carolyn was recovering from back surgery.

I thought it would be fun to list our menu and links to a few recipes. Annie & David even brought their baking supplies to make an apple pie!

Appetizers

• baked brie
• crackers
• turkey (shaped) vegetable platter
• hummus
• bean dip
• chips

Dinner

• turkey
• stuffing
• roasted garlic mashed potatoes
• scalloped potatoes
• green beans with almonds
• yams
• mandarin orange jello salad

Dessert

• pumpkin pie
• apple pie
• chocolate cream pie
• banana cream pie
• pecan caramel pie (bake in ramekins for GF folks)
• ice cream
• whipped cream

After our delicious meal, we took a walk to the park!  Here are a few of us along the way.

It was a lovely day except for one thing.  Lavender learned how to climb out of her crib and she's been doing it ever since.  I don't have the luxury of shutting the door and letting her cry because she sleeps in our walk-in closet (which doesn't have a door!)  She just climbs into our bed in the middle of the night and thinks it's a great arrangement.  Not! Then she got sick, so I haven't had the heart (or energy) to keep taking her back and insist she stay put.  As soon as she is better, we will be undertaking operation "stay in your own bed all night long."

Pretending to sleep after laying down with her bears.