Thanksgiving

Barnabas and the kids watching Ratatoullie while we get the table set.
My best good friend Paula and my awesome mother in law in the trenches.
The lighting on this turned out so poor, but this is the table! Some how my box of Thanksgiving decorations has disappeared. But luckily enough my mother in law brought a table cloth!! Talk about being prepared!
These great flowers that I got from my sister and brother in law (Molly and Jed) while in the hospital this past week. I used them as a center piece last night but you couldn't tell how beautiful they are in that photo, so I took one this morning in the sun light. Aren't they amazing?

Happy Thanksgiving!!! We had a great time here at the Howard home. My in laws and my best friend celebrated Thanksgiving with us. My family stayed up in Duluth this year. My mom has taken a job at Yonkers (which she absolutely adores!!!) and was assigned to work "Black Friday" so she hosted a smaller than usual Thanksgiving dinner at her place (a chunk of the O'Leary clan went out west for the holiday).

This year we bought ourselves a free range, slaughtered the morning before Thanksgiving, fresh turkey that we (meaning Barnabas) cooked on the grill. It was so tasty! We had a couple funny snafus. The turkey was a little less than fully cooked when we brought it to the table and after we decided to cook it a bit more in the oven and get started on some sides we opened up the stuffing to find that it had gotten put in the oven with out any liquid! Crouton's with sausage and apple anyone? But in about 5 minutes we were able to fix up the stuffing and we were enjoying a great Thanksgiving feast. We finished off the meal with Barb's amazing pies (pecan and pumpkin!!!).

I am so Thankful for being able to make it home for the holiday and for all the support that we have gotten from our family and friends. We could live this life with out you all. Thank you for being a part of our lives!!!