and we move on to the next holiday

I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was wonderful and that you had your fill of all the fabulous foods that you worked so hard to prepare.... It was all sooooooo YUMMY!

Well here we are... all the planning, cooking & organizing behind us.... What a glorious ending it was. Everyone was stuffed, happy and ready for a naps by days end....

Now let's move to the next holiday...

~ Christmas~

Our girls wine & cheese party was rather peaceful because after me watching the boys, Denise & I running all over town for groceries, decorations and a few other errands we were all very tired... We had a great dinner that Denise made... It was white chicken chili which was cooked in the crock pot and so easy.... Served with a little crusty bread. Then that night we had different brochette’s ...they were a 3 cheese spicy mix , an olive tapenade and a Chipotle cheese mix.... and we had gone to the wine store and bought several great wines.... so between food and wine Denise & Kathy fell asleep watching the movie...27 dresses.. Very cute girlie movie if you haven't seen it....

Needless to say we didn't make it to the Turkey Trot... Denise has developed a heel spur, Wyatt was up all night because he is getting molars and they hurt him...(I finally took him out to sleep with me) and we had just a we bit of the fuzzies from the wine...

Thanksgiving started out with Denise making home made cinnamon danishes & pancakes for breakfast..... then we started our Thanksgiving cooking.... Frank, my SIL, was now home from his shift at the firehouse.

He started baking the pies and a carrot cake from scratch... he made a pumpkin & apple pies... My sister-in-law Kathy was in charge of the Turkey, Stuffing and Gravy... She brined a 30 pound turkey for 24 hours in a mixture of salt, spices and Ice water. She stuffed the cavity with Fruits and fresh seasonings then BBQ'ed the Turkey on the grill outside... It only took a little over 3 hours to cook... At first I thought it had burnt but it was only the edges. It was so delicious and juicy I was impressed... I will definitely be giving that a try... Denise prepared the dinner rolls, sweet, potato casserole, mashed potato's, deviled eggs, stuffed celery and the relish tray.... I was in charge of the vegetables... I made a mixed Connoisseur's Casserole (which is a mix of different veggies), Corn Casserole, Green Beans Casserole, Roasted Parmesan - Creamed Onions (that one of our blogger shared), Waldorf Salad and a Carrot Salad because they had shredded to many for the carrot cake... So as you can see we had plenty to eat.... We used all disposable pans so there was very little cleanup at the end of the meal... that left us with a lot of time to enjoy each others company.

We watched the Macy's Day Parade, It's a Wonderful Life and Football... Some napped.... which the twins should have napped longer but they were to excited with everyone being there.

It was a great day for one & all but as you all know exhausting

Until Later