Making lists and planning and prepping and grocery shopping and prepping some more!
Homemade cranberry sauce made the house smell divine!
My helpers...sunning themselves!
Double-checking the lists and crossing things off!
Hoping it will all fit in the van! Ha ha! And yes...I pulled out Christmas in the middle of everything and started putting some things out.
Cranberries for cranberry fluff!
Crescent rolls are a must!
Sugar cookies for decorating fun.
Everything prepped and measured out for making our Thanksgiving meal at the home we are renting for the week.
We loaded up early on Wednesday morning and headed south!
It rained the whole trip to TN...it makes it hard on the driver...so they swapped places. Dad doesn't appreciate the Chica cuddles in the car. (She is very restless.)
Cincinnati detour took us across on a different bridge.
Yummy ham sandwiches on fresh rolls were a treat!
The mountains are beautiful in each season!
Our girls...loved hugging their necks and spending time with them! "Mom, welcome to TN...the land of the free and the home of the brave!" Life is quite different in this state...no lockdowns, no masks, no mandates on places...it was refreshing.
Time is a gift! We were just thankful to be together...between bouts of laughter and conversations and learning a new online game...helping mom in the kitchen...cuddling puppies...sleep...eating...drinking coffee...watching old shows on tv...
Thanksgiving morning...Ted made the coffee, Kari got the turkey ready for the oven, the puppies cuddled, and the teens slept.
Alisa misses cooking and baking!
Ashlynn and Teddy went to pick up a friend.
Everything was done ahead of my projected time...so we ate earlier. Everything tasted soooo good!
Time together...
Traditions in food form...
Groanings of stuffed family...
Even the puppies got some turkey...because the girls pressured mom!
Games as mom cleaned up...
Yummy pie...apple crumb! Disappointment pie...pecan!
Turkey naps...
Chex mix treats...
More cuddles...
