Thankful For Thanksgiving

 What a blessing today was. The turkey was stuffed and put in the oven to roast at 6:00 am. It was above freezing but the forecast was dropping temperatures and that turned out to be true. By tonight the temps are already is 24 degrees and dropping. Oh well I only have to work on one waterer and move in 2 bales tomorrow.  We arrived at church about the same time as Karin arrived with mom and Aunt Jinnie. Today she drove mom's car and mom used the small wheel chair as today was just one service.  David Obergfel had the Thanksgiving message. After church I had to quickly put the rest of the stuffing and the sweet potato casserole in the oven with the turkey and had to up the temp of the oven to 350 to get everything done by 12:30 pm. The meal was at Joan's and was supposed to start at 1:00 pm. We made it over with the food at 1:03 pm and thankfully were not the last to arrive.  You see in this family if you aren't 15 minutes early you are considered late. We really did have a feast. SO many wonderful dishes to try and plenty of everything. Below are a few pictures during the afternoon.

There was a variety of pies. We had pumpkin, pecan, key lime, apple, French silk, chocolate, and peanut butter pie. Each and everyone was delicious. Below Joan is cutting pies.

It really was hard to choose after that huge meal so some of us took a little slice of each. Sarah, Joan and Faith sung a song about mom and Aunt Jinnie. This is kind of a tradition and each time we all laugh. They aren't quite that old! 

After the meal we played ping pong. Aunt Jinnie was quite the player. 

The kids had so much fun playing in the castle and little Eden was one of the princesses.

We played round table then Carbols. This is a game of strategy a little like Parcheesi, played with a Parcheesi board and Rook cards. We only had around 40 for our Thanksgiving but were still missing the family in Gulf Shores. Diane reported they had around 60 there.  Molly and Gabe took Nancy home for me so I was the very last one to leave Joan's house as I had to wait until the game was over.  The food was cleaned up and once home the turkey carcass was set to boiling in the big pot, the dishes done here. I make a lot of dishes when cooking, so the dish washer was filled the the rest washed by hand. Before heading to bed the big pot of boiling turkey carcass was taken outside by Mark to cool. We really had a wonderful fun filled family time and I am thankful.