THANKSGIVING

Our family had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family this year. The ladies fix their favorite dishes each year. Delores baked the turkey and made the delicious dressings-both turkey and oyster. Corn and green beans are always on the menu. It would not be Thanksgiving without Aunt Ellora's pumpkin pie and cranberry salad. This year she threw in delicious pecan pie. Terry is not allowed to come if she does not bring the banana cream dessert. Her sweet potato casserole was very good. Candi's cheese cake is always a hit and those mashed potatoes she made was perfect for our dinner. Randy brings a large tray of shrimp each year. Irmalee baked the ham- made rasin sauce for a side dish. Her homemade chicken and noodles are a every year thing along with mashed potatoes. Her dessert was new this year-Fantasy Blackberry-Apple Pie. Brandi brought a very good broccoli caserole and Teresa tops everything off with the bread. As always we had lots of good food and some of the food I forgot who fixed what...

The guys watched ballgames on the TV and took naps. The ladies enjoyed visiting with one another and getting caught up on family things that happened during the last year. We will have two new babies by next Thanksgiving. Wayne and Irmalee invited the family down to their home to visit the chicken house to see the projects they have been working on the last few months. Wayne is restoring an old tractor and Irmalee showed the ladies the cast leaves they made. Candi painted and stained her kitchen cabinets so the ladies drove out to their home to see her new project.

We are very thankful for the years we have known each other and the things and times we have shared. God is good and has blessed all of us abundantly.

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