Thanksgiving 2009

What a spread! Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, yams, green bean casserole and homemade rolls!

Oh the pie! We had 10 different kinds of pie: pumpkin, apple, mixed berry, pecan, lemon meringue, key lime, banana cream, coconut cream, pumpkin cream, and French Silk... all delicious!

Thanksgiving was great... so much great food, friends, and leftovers! We had originally invited about 10 people over, but almost everyone found other things to occupy them, so we ended up with just our friend, Stacy, then decided to invite the missionaries over to help us eat all the food we were making. It ended up great, it was casual, we had time to play some games and talk while the food was cooking and we ate and ate and ate. We sent everyone home with leftovers and still had plenty for ourselves. That night we had a Pie Party and invited over our neighbors to sample from 10 different homemade pies! We had three English families come and they were amazed at all the different kinds of pie we had: pumpkin, pecan, lemon meringue, key lime, apple, mixed berry, French silk, banana cream, coconut cream, and pumpkin cream. One family even brought over a traditional English mince pie, which was actually really good! We served hot cider and ate and talked and gave tours of our house, it was really fun. We thought having our English neighbors over for Thanksgiving pie might be strange, but they were all great about it, we're glad we shared our American holiday with them.

The kids playing video games after dinner... they were too full to move!

Hunter and Calla took advantage of the open space in the kitchen and had a block party!

Tyler and Mason talking with our neighbors, Ken and Val. Everyone had a great time!