On the left side of the table: Paul and me, Benjamin, Elise, Anya, Charlotte, Amanda, Camille...the other side, Mariel, Emily, Hege, AbigailSonja, Amanda, Noel...Jonathan had left for the airport to pick up Margaret, Adrian, Wulf, and Tennyson from their trip to Oregon. Molly and Josh with little Ophelia did not come, we were expecting them to bring their puppy, waiting all day, but they had things come up and didn't arrive. It was rather sad...
Auntie Emily with Anya and Elise...
Sunny and Suri were invited too, as Ben has a big house. Sunny is afraid of Ben, and ha, was trying to hide. She actually did okay, but she does avoid him. (When Benjamin moved back to NY state from Washington state four years ago this past summer, the kids were all gone on a trip, and he was spending the night here...he arrived with the giant u-haul, and Ashley was still driving across the country...anyway, Sunny and Suri barked at him, and he barked back, Suri didn't care, but Sunny developed a grudge that won't go away, and it's rather hilarious. She loves Ashley, and everyone else, but avoids Ben...
So eight of the kids were there...Mariel and Charlotte and Camille, Sonja in the front right...Ben, Emily, Abigail, me, Jon in the back...(Hege, Carmen, Amanda, and Noel had left, Ashley was putting Anya and Elise to bed, and Paul had just left with the pups)
In addition to my pies, there was a lemon meringue made by Abigail and Camille, a dark chocolate espresso and a chocolate peanut butter by Mariel, a cherry and a chocolate by Ashley...so yeah, we had enough.
The turkey was AMAZING.
One of the apple pies...
Jonathan, Benjamin, Emily, Marile, Charlotte Claire, Camille, Abigail, and Sonja K.
We played one dang good game of Bull, had a few coffees, lots of appetizers, solved the worlds' problems, went around and said what we were all thankful for (each other, that God has been so good and merciful, and that we can get along well even if we disagree about things!). The day flew by, and it was a good one.
This fine morning, on Black Friday, I did not go shopping, but instead went with Jonathan to a city over an hour away to buy a pressure washer from Marketplace. It was a good deal, blah blah, and it was supposed to snow, so we were not just letting him take my car, and his car...well....anyway, I accompanied. The neighborhood was a teeny bit sketchy...but it was fine, the washer works well, and he can keep his four wheeler squeaky clean. My price for going with him: he has to wash the front of the house.
The girls are all up and wondering what we're doing today...hmm, what ARE we doing today?
5 comments:
We had a lovely Thanksgiving, too! The joke is we always say " this is the last time we'll ALL get to be together", and there have been many such events, as no one has married or moved away yet. But it starts to sound like a kind of blessing we can say if we get another chance to have every child there. So special. I did not go out early today, though I wonder if it would have been very bad to go get groceries...Have a nice day!
Valerie
Loved reading this post and seeing the pictures! Busy, busy, and beautiful, beautiful! xo
Look at that big family. A true blessing!
I just love your big family. Thank you for the many smiles, my friend. Hey, is it snowing up there? (Ducking, yep, it is here)
I would say you had an oink 🐷 fest with all those pies!! Wow!! 🤣🤣🤣
I’m sure it was wonderful to gather for a wonderful meal and everyone looks nice an content. The turkey looks amazing too 🤤🤤
Marilyn from Canada 🇨🇦
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