Thanksgiving 2016 - A Year Of Blessings

Can it really be Thanksgiving time again?  It seems like just a few months ago I was blogging about last year's Thanksgiving.............

We were Denver bound early Thanksgiving day with an ice chest of food and ready for a fantastic day which IT WAS!!!  Once again Jaime hosted and we were glad to have Brad's mom, Colleen also with us!  The more the merrier!

We stopped to get coffee to take to Jessi's house first but our favorite place wasn't open so we had to settle for Starbucks - Gary was kind enough to walk up the hill and get it!!  Jessi was kind enough to give both of us adjustments before we headed over to Jaime's!!

Now what's cuter than Gwyn with the turkey hat on!!

 Soon we were all gathered at Jaime's - Jill had brought crafts for the kids to do and they all enjoyed it!!

 We planned on eating right at noon since Gary had to leave for work and once again we were all prepared and ready to eat at that time!!  It was an awesome meal as usual!!  For some reason everything seemed to taste better than normal - wonder if it's because the kids (except for Gwyn) are all able to eat alone and we aren't jumping up and down a hundred times during the meal.  Whatever it was, we all appreciated the lovely meal we consumed!!

 Now dishes are never the fun part of Thanksgiving but we all pitched in and helped (after relaxing at the table for quite a while with the bottle of wine!!!)

 Since Colleen was there we actually got a family picture and it even turned out great!!  WOW!!!

 One thing we love to munch on during the day is ham and turkey cream cheese roll ups - sometimes with a dill kosher pickle in the middle - yum!!!  We need to remember to make more with the pickles next year as they sure went fast!!

 I think I caught Kenzie stealing a pickle!

Of course after our big meal the guys hit the couch for the football game and the women start looking through the Christmas lists and the ads.  Since we're going to Estes Park this year for Christmas and renting cabins, the adults chose not to draw names, just to do the grab bag gift so there weren't as many lists to look through!  We all brought our computers again and the dining room table looked like a highly unorganized office!!

After pumpkin pie (yum yum) with lots of whip cream, the girls left to head to Target - I only had a couple of things to get there so opted to go later with Jaime.  Yes, Target was busy but if you know right where you're going and what you're going to get, it's not so bad!  We were all looking forward to eating leftovers that night so didn't shop too long.................

We stayed over at Jessi's that night and were in bed by a decent hour!  Since the electric blanket on our bed had quit working, Jessi had heated up rice bags and put them in our bed so it was nice and warm - what a treat!!