Sunday, November 23, 2008

Happy Anniversary and Happy Thanksgiving!

No, it's not Thanksgiving today and neither is it my parents' 45th wedding anniversary. So why the greetings?

1. It was my parents' 45th wedding anniversary YESTERDAY, which my mom informed me of when I called this evening to wish them a happy anniversary. Oops. Well. 45 years to be married is an awesome accomplishment and priviledged are we to have been a witness to even a small portion of such a great marriage. So Happy Anniversary, my mom and dad and thank you. Big party in five years in Austin. Wooo!!!

2. We had our First Annual Weekend-Before-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving celebration today since Sammy always spends the actual holiday at her mom's. We had a great time, our guests were fabulous company and the food over all was pretty good. The turkey was really good! We used a cross between Mothra Stewart's butter and herb recipe and the high heat cooking method and actually bought a meat thermometer this year and YUM! The girls (and Jason and Leah!) all helped me and Jamie cook and that was pretty fun. I taught Sammy how to mix up, knead, roll and cut biscuts and they turned out so well! Jordan made my grandmother's cornbread recipe and it made me a little teary.

Jamie peeling potatoes and Claudia snaping beans and watching football.


Leah and Jason.


Sammy and Jordan. We used my Grandmother's china today, which isn't very fall-like, but it meant a lot to me.


The little girls made themselves comfortable to watch tv.


Candles on top of a shelf.


Most of the food.


Claudia doing math and watching tv.

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