Thanksgiving, A Little Late

I know.  Thanksgiving is ancient history and here we are, barreling past Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Christmas Shopping and festive eating, eating, eating and parties at every turn.  But I need to backtrack just a second and touch on our actual Thanksgiving day, which of course, would not be Thanksgiving Day without a gathering at Mom and Dad's house, and Mom's wonderful cooking.

First of all, they had their house decorated beautifully, as always!

And Carter made the lovely turkey on the front door.

We had perfect, gorgeous weather.

Lots of helping hands........Karen, Dad, Mom and Cecil make last minute touches on the menu.

The table is loaded with food.......

Mom makes such GOOD food!  And she is the perfect hostess--everything comes out perfectly, and perfectly timed, and everything always looks picture perfect.

 We also had handmade place cards!

 

Turkey, ham, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, corn casserole, rolls, and Mom's cranberry relish!



We ate til we were stuffed.

Then Karen and Reed cleaned up the kitchen.......

And the guys got to work repairing the back steps.  It kept them busy for hours and I think they sort of enjoyed it.  At any rate, it gave them an appetite for pie.

And Carter, too!  He loves Gram's chocolate pie.

It was a great day. And we went home with lots of leftovers. 

Later in the week, Karen and I helped decorate Gram's trees.  See us decorating...totally unaware of the camera?  Totally candid and unposed.

Okay--we can now resume winter programming.  Back to Christmas!