Happy Thanksgiving!

It's been a very busy week. Nicole and Amanda are feeling much better thankfully, but now Nate is under the weather. He's a tough kid so I don't think we really know how sick he is.

We had Mom, Geri, Brenda, Sassy and Teddy (the dogs), and Mocha and Peanut (the cats) over for dinner for Thanksgiving.

Nicole was in charge of the menu for the day (Nate has Christmas and Amanda has New Year's Day), so she got to help choose what we were having for Thanksgiving. John tried a new recipe for a turkey brine and it turned out so delicious! Here is a link to the recipe he used:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/good-eats-roast-turkey-recipe/index.html

We also had the classics: stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, cranberry sauce, cranberry salad, deviled eggs, 24 hour salad, rolls, and apple and pumpkin pie. Whew! We didn't even make a dent in all that food...

After dinner, John, Brenda, and I watched a movie and ate popcorn. We had such a great day! I hope everyone enjoyed their special Thanksgiving day...