We've got the house "finished" (for the time that he's away). We've painted all that we can paint. We've got chair rail up in the family room. All pesky pests have been e.lim.in.ated!!! The carpets have been cleaned. The Maids have even come and made the house sparkly bright.
All this means one thing. Time for our family to get together one last time before saying "see you later." ::In case you didn't know by now, our family of three has expanded in the last few months since moving south. We've picked up a few boys along the way::. Since Sunday is our usual family dinner night, we decided to do it BIG and make it family thanksgiving night with the whole gang. With half of my family leaving for deployment (the Giant and two of his friends Mahoney and Graves), I made it the biggest thanksgiving dinner we could handle. Sad note- its hard to believe that it will be a full year before we're all together as a family again since my guys in the 15th are leaving for _blank_ months and then the our other guys in the 16th will be replacing them for _blank_ more months before they all come home.
The Giant and I cooked all night and day before the big dinner. We had everything my Giant could dream of since this will be two years in a row he'll be missing the holidays with us. Turkey. Ham. Green bean casserole. Sweet potato casserole. Heavenly squash that he made all on his own. Cherry cheesecake. Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin bread. The list goes on... and on... and on. I told you- all the food he could dream of.
It was all so delish. I think its safe to say we moved a little slower after that ridiculous meal.
I know I'm not the best at taking pictures (of things other than Cheyanne) when I need to, but I did manage to grab a few before the feast began.
My elaborate fall decorations. Boys just don't care about these kinds of things.
The feast
For some reason this post was very hard to write. Since when is writing about food hard? I've got to get it together before tomorrow... I'm going to miss my boys. I am going to miss my Giant even more. I feel like I should be more ready than this. Ugh, that's for another time and another post.
