Adema's arrived just as expected and we wasted no time getting into some fun!
Honestly, the day was perfect. We played cards, chess, watched baking shows.
We ate lunch on the patio and were super surprised to see a bald eagle circling near by. We all gazed out at it and quickly decided it was a gift from God!
After lunch the kids talked Scott, Roger and Dean into swimming so they headed down and us girls got started on our Thanksgiving meal.
OK. So let's be real a minute. You need to know three things before we proceed: 1) We were attempting to make a full Thanksgiving meal without gluten or sugar or any processed ingredients, so everything was from scratch. 2) We had never tried any of these recipes. 3) the turkey cooked way faster - like an hour earlier than the recipe said and we had to fast forward the rest of the sides.
Now, imagine Aunt Gretchen, Jenny and I all sharing the kitchen. We are rushing and improvising and just doing our best to pull together an edible meal that somewhat resembles turkey, stuffing and potatoes. We had several disastrous moments but pulled through. For instance, I dropped the entire finished turkey on the floor. Not 30 minutes later, we lost a finger nail in the green bean casserole. Seriously, we laughed so much!
Just before supper, Sammy called us all out to the balcony to see the BIG pink moon. It was gorgeous!
We ate promptly at 5:30 pm after writing what we were thankful for on the table cloth. We kept track of which dishes we most enjoyed on Sammy's chart.
Then Dean headed out to visit a friend. Aunt Gretchen and Tyler went for a walk. Uncle Roger and Scott cleaned the kitchen. Jenny and Sammy played cards. It was a great evening as well
We wrapped up the night with some chocolate and pumpkin cheesecake pies and then watched a few episodes of the Carbonaro Effect. Everyone was feeling pretty tired so we called it a night!
