Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a truly enjoyable day this year. Jon and his friend Lisa, Mike, Paula, Claire and Chloe, and our friends Bill and Cheryl, joined us for dinner. Shortly before the girls arrived Papa and I decided we needed to display all of Claire and Chloe's art work and our refrigerator will only hold so much. We quickly got out the blue painters tape and taped their masterpieces all around the dining room. Here are the ones on the back of the fireplace. It was not a curator's dream display but it served the purpose. Paula and Claire share some quiet time reading a book while Chloe and Daddy took a nice nap.

Uncle Superman and our good friend Cheryl do the finishing touches on the turkey.

Chloe was just as happy to continue her nap when dinner was ready. It didn't take long however and she was up and at the table.

Claire is checking out one of the pies to make sure it is eatable. Believe me, it was!


Chloe licks the beater after the whipped cream was prepared.

The food was great, the company was delightful, and we had a wonderful day to celebrate our blessings. We did miss Aunt Suzie and Uncle Eric who spent the day with Eric's family, but are so glad they had a great holiday as well.

Next year the plan for Thanksgiving is to be in Hawaii. Our reservations are made and the whole family plans to go. That will be a special treat and if the upcoming year goes as fast as this one has, it will be here before we know it.