What a fabulous thanksgiving we had this year; food, family and fun is just a combo you can't beat!!! We started off the day early cleaning and finishing some food prep, then had time to play with the kids while we waited for everyone to arrive....a hodge podge of appetizers was on the menu for lunch...mmm...mini quiche, shrimp skewers, orange chicken, chip and dips...mmmm....makes my mouth water!!!
While the dinner feast was cooking, Papa took some time to snuggle two of his fair maidens!
Sitting down for a tasty meal...I'm sure glad the women in our family know how to cook!
After dinner, to help our food settle, we all gathered in the living room, as Papa read a children's thanksgiving story...of course, with the fireplace hearth begging for attention, how could we not have a talent show/sing along put on by the children?! They took the "stage" in a flurry, and we heard everything from Twinkle Little Star, to High School Musical, and even a little baby babble song by our own Carter Grace!...She was catching on that to get attention and clapping you had to make a lot of noise...so she joined the show....very cute...and SOOOO fun to watch her learn such things and find her place in the family!
Brook and I had so much fun making fancy arrangements and setting the china with bright red apples as personal votives to sit by each plate, it really was a beautiful sight...which is masked in the picture by VERY hungry folks, as the turkey took a little longer to cook than anyone suspected!!!
The whole lot of us! Minus me, and Carter who's tucked in her high chair in the back right corner...and Autumn who's being held by her father, and Parker who was too hungry to have his picture taken, and Aunt Kimmy who was at another family gathering......we're always in a quest for that perfect family picture of everyone gathered around a beautifully set table wearing matching sweaters, with big smiles and perfectly styled hair....but alas, it's not to be!...Family gatherings are rather unpredictable things you see, but we're happy with what we get...everyone together in one place, for a moment in time...for this I am truly grateful....besides we still have Christmas to get that perfect photo right?!?!
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