It's now Monday morning and all is once again quiet here. We took Jessica to the airport early Sunday morning and it would have been very difficult to say goodbye to her except that we'll be seeing her again in 18 days so it wasn't bad. Dennis is off to another busy week at work and Alyna procrastinated getting up long enough that she had to get ready for school and out the door in ten minutes.
Before we get to the actual dinner, Dennis and I celebrated our 27th anniversary on Thanksgiving day. We were very spoiled with all kinds of wonderful floral gifts from his work and neighbors and friends. Dennis bought me/us some folding chairs - very timely and practical.
Thanksgiving dinner turned out really nice. I told the girls they were in charge of the table decor and they did a really nice job. It all looked very beautiful. We had to borrow big wooden tables and chairs (not the folding type) from the church as well as some from the neighbors so it was a lot bigger job just getting the tables set than it would have been at home.
Everyone brought lots of yummy food and the neighbors were kind enough to let me use their oven for the stuffing. I bought a chafing dish so I was able to get the turkey out of the oven at about 2:00 and get the ham in and by the time I had the turkey sliced and in the chafing dish, the ham was ready to come out and be sliced. Everything stayed nice and warm. Luckily, I had some great kitchen helpers who ended up making the gravy while I helped welcome people and help get their food things situated.
2 comments:
Wow! Good job on the food and coordination! Girls, the table looks lovely. I bet everyone had a good time.
As far as I can remember, I didn't do anything with the table decorations. And Alyna was at school that day. Mom, are you stretching the truth? It was a good time, though.
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