Thanksgiving 2006

Thanksgiving 2006 was a great day. Like last year TJ and I joined Jenn, John, kids, Tal (John's brother) and John's uncle Larry. Jen once again found new recipes and put on a fabulous spread. We had turkey with a cherry wine glaze that was soo good. Then a mushroom dressing, homemade rolls, and the potatoes were unbelievable. A twice baked potato stuffed with her special recipe. Of course the green bean casserole, special sweet potatoes, corn and pumkin bread rounded out our dinner. Pumkin pie and bourban pecan chocolate pie completed our meal.
We have so much to be thankful for and we enjoyed hanging out. TJ and kids waiting for dinner

Our table


Special home made rolls baked by Jenn


Anthony and Sadera trying to break the wishbone Sadera won this year


Starbuck's tree

Reindeer I made for the tree


Three of the 6 stockings I am working on. This was a class at DM taught by the talented creative Kim. It was a relaxing fun class

Comments

Kim said…
wow i love how your little reindeer turned out! plus dinner sounded wonderful! your stockings turned out really cute to!
11:29 PM
Heidi said…
Hi!
(Yes, I'm the sort of person who starts reading a book in the middle...)

This reindeer is so cute. It's a cookie cutter cover w/ paper? What did you do with the handle? Love the idea! I'm always on the lookout for altered cookie cutters.

I love the 3 piece stockings, too! Cute!

Thanks for visiting my blog!
*Heidi*
6:58 PM
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