Labor of Love

Today is a true labor of love for my family. Why else would one chop cups of onions and celery, mix stuffing enough for at 30-40 people, bake 12 pies, stuff and cook a 23 pound turkey and peel 15 pounds of potatoes.




This is after a trip in to Aldi's for enough groceries for the big dinner and breakfast on Friday for our overnight guests.
Then 2 different trips to mom's, one to borrow some sage for the stuffing and one for ginger and nutmeg. Where the ginger and nutmeg went is a real mystery.
As this was going on Steven showed up and got Zalena and Ella covered, then teased Calypso. He thought she may be coming in so a trip out to the stallion pens to check but no, she is still not in.
He brought Evan and Valiant straight into the barn after their breeding jobs were done to work on Valiant's bow, lay-down and sit-up.

It is hard to remember Valiant is only 2 years old, he is now OVER 16 hands.


Mark said he was coming home early to help with the heavy stuff that needs to be moved out before company comes but it didn't happen. We will just have to do this tonight.
I'm so GLAD to be having company, finally the old wood burner will be taken out of this apartment.