After all the preparations and anticipation of the week, Thanksgiving Thursday (as it inevitably does) finally arrived right on schedule.\u00a0 Laurent and I were the only ones who went to church, as the rest of the crew was doing some final sprucing up of the house and yard.\u00a0 We enjoyed a simple mass and wonderful Thanksgiving homily from Fr. Matt Henry.\u00a0 Then it was home, via QT for a bag of ice, to greet the Grands and the cousins – it was pandemonium when we walked in the door! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
From year to year, I never know for sure how many will show up on my doorstep for dinner, so it’s good we were prepared with looooooootsa turkey and ham and especially TATERS, precious!!\u00a0 This year we were blessed with the Heidmann East crew of 6, plus Grandma and Grandpa, plus Jeff, plus Chris, plus our 7, for a mere 17.\u00a0 It was fun for everyone to gather round the Hobart and watch it whip 30+ pounds of potatoes, with added butter, cream\u00a0 cheese, and roasted garlic.\u00a0 There was so much food, with all the hors d’ouvres, side dishes, main dishes, and desserts, that we completely forgot to bring out the 3 cakes and a pie and veggie tray that Chris brought.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
Although the food is always amazing, it is the family fun to which we look forward with greatest anticipation.\u00a0 There are the traditions – signing your name to the wall of fame is one that started back in the old house with the blackboard doors, and continues now with our whiteboard.\u00a0 There is always horseplay with canned whipping cream…. and this year we added the drive-by Scrabble game, with the board on a side table, where everybody could just walk up and try to make a word at their leisure; and there was some good fun with piano duets as well.\u00a0 More memories in the bank for the year 2012.<\/p>\n
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