Thanksgiving Day

We had 21 people for our big meal yesterday and in the busyness of the day the camera was not taken out for pictures until later. No pictures of our 20 pound turkey (that cooked a little dry)good thing the gravy was good and plentiful, no pictures of the stuffing being scooped out of the caverns of the turkey, none of the sweet potatoes casserole or the wonderful salad from Jenny, the 20 pounds of snow white fluffy mashed potatoes mounding over the two huge bowls, the green beans, and corn from Diane, the rolls and cinnamon bread from Stephanie no pictures of the vegetable tray that never made it to the table from Anna, too good to snack on while waiting, none at all from our massive amount of food for the feast. The pies alone should have had at least one picture, there were 11 pies perhaps just a tad to many for our 21 people. Of course all of this food had to last for the entire day as we sat down to eat at 1:15pm. A big pot of wild rice and turkey soup finished up the day. Soup will taste good after a day of feasting. The soup is on the porch in the 21 degree weather and will be brought out today.
We have so much to be thankful for. The morning was spent in church where our elder Tim Funk had the message. The most important thanks of the day went to our Lord and Savior, How thankful we are that He provided a way of salvation for us.
Our family is a close second, each and every one so loved. Our country that allows us the freedom to worship is the third. Our thanks should have gone on for hours but of course the food awaited!
The Small Sceggel family will grow by one more soon, Jon and Kim came along with the news that Tim, their son had just become engaged. The wedding will probably be in Louisville, KY where her large family is from.
Rhoda shocked us all by coming home with a huge box that contained a (horrors)tv. The boys worked on hooking it up and the kids played games in the living room. It was pretty funny to watch. Even Nancy got in on the act, it was a great way to work off some of our excess feasting.



Tate, Jenny and Billy's boy found a quiet place to play with his cars and trucks.

The kids took off for the evening then sent a text that they would all be here for breakfast and what time should that be? We decided 8:30am would be a good time so sooner or later the cooking will need to start again. I LOVE MY FAMILY!