Turkey & Snow Days

The turkey has come and gone…finally! Sheesh, even with family taking leftover turkey home we still ate on it for a week, finally re-cooking it in the crock-pot with bbq sauce for a change. Family might have been quietly laughing at me for buying the 22lb turkey, well I am laughing with you now.

As you can see we had Jill’s family at our home this year, which was a nice change for us not having to drive in any direction for the gathering. Jill’s parents parked their RV in the driveway with Dan & Carol crashing at night with them and all the kids sleeping in the house. We brought in our six-foot table for the big meal and, as you might notice, a wonderful fitted striped sheet for the tablecloth. Hey…we can be formal! It was cloth after all. (fyi, we found two table cloths stashed away after every one was gone…note for next time)

There were other funny things during the day that our home did not quite provide, not enough “nice” plates to go around, not large enough bowls for the stuffing or potatoes to be mixed in, and at the last minute Oma had to run next door and barrow chairs for everyone tushies. I don’t recall any complaints, we all just worked with what we had and ate a good meal enjoying the family company. Thank you Sandy and Carol for all you did as well.

To top off a wonderful meal with a wonderful family…the Dolphins beat the Lions!

We had a good night of snow last week, it didn’t last very long and was not very deep but we know how to make the most of what we get. A few beautifully crafted Snow Angels and one Snowman named just Bob was pulled from our front yard. Though the Angels disappeared within hours of creating them, Bob hung out for days and days finally becoming an ice skating rink for Jo and a large snow mountain for Cole and his batman car.
With Christmas heading our way now the kids have each had a chance to look at the Toys R Us catalog and given the colored coded marker for each to circle what they would like under the tree. Well just like a good kid…not one toy has gone unnoticed! Sure does not help to narrow down what they “really” would like to have but sure funny.

Tree yet to get - Santa yet to visit…But our lights are up and we are feeling the holiday spirit.