Thanksgiving Leftovers

a calmer day

There was a family who couldn't make it for our big feast, so we invited them over for leftovers on Sunday. I was so glad we did, one, because there was too much food for us to eat alone, and two, because I got to set the table and use my china which I didn't get to do the day before. I'm still working on the weeks ahead planning it takes for it all to come together on the same day. Maybe next year!

Thanksgiving Feast

In the rush of the food preparation, I never got around to Claire's hair, but the food is obviously most important to her!

We celebrated Thanksgiving a few days late this year, since so many don't get the actual day off. We decided to invite lots of people in hopes that we'd get some. Instead, we got lots! It worked out great. We reserved the function room in our building to accommodate everyone and did the menu basics since so many here have very limited kitchens. Everyone still brought something, though, so we ended up with more than enough. I think it ended up being 30 adults, 9 kids and 7 babies. Jonathan made homemade butter rolls and five pies, and I did the butterflied turkey/stuffing/gravy recipe that my friends the Coffeys shared with me several years ago. YUM.