This was Thanksgiving 2022

 

 

Thanksgiving Day 

by Lydia Maria Child

 Over the river, and through the wood 

Trot fast, my dapple-gray! 

Spring over the ground, 

Like a hunting-hound! 

For this is Thanksgiving Day. 

Over the river, and through the wood, 

And straight through the barn-yard gate. 

We seem to go 

Extremely slow,

It is so hard to wait! 

Over the river and through the wood

Now grandmother's cap I spy! 

Hurrah for the fun! 

Is the pudding done? 

Hurrah for the pumpkin-pie 

What a wonderful weekend we have had here at Bountiful!  I was in heaven all of this Thanksgiving weekend.  It had been of course over 24 years since I had a Thanksgiving to celebrate with any of my children, and over 10 1/2 years since I have seen my son and his family.  There was a lot to celebrate! 

 

Anne, Gabe, Anthony, Luke

They got here late Friday night, so they just booked into the motel, but they were here at the homestead bright and early Saturday morning.  Hugs, hugs, hugs, and plenty of joy filled tears!  The cats were a bit spooked, but they soon warmed up to everyone and Luke kept them very busy the whole weekend!  They made fast friends and played and played and played!

We enjoyed a big breakfast of bacon, waffles, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, etc. Look at how many double yolkers there were in the eggs!  It was amazing. I have never seen that many at once. We had to take a photo of it for proof because nobody would have believed us if we hadn't!  Three in that bowl alone!

We spent most of Saturday chatting and planning and just enjoying each other's company. They popped over to Tim Horton's to see Eileen and Tim midday. Eileen had plans both days for other stuff, so that was the only opportunity for them to really see her.  They picked up the turkey and a few bits I had forgotten. (Darn my foggy old age brain.)  Dad came over early to spend time with them, and we feasted on burgers and fries for supper.  While they were out, I had baked the boys some brownies as well. I thought, I am not having my grandsons come over and not bake them something, so brownies it was.  I had wanted to make sure that I knew what they would like first.

 

Oh, how I love my son.  He has never changed. He is still that little boy who brought me so much joy when he was just a toddler.  Full of life and laughter.  Always.  Here he is getting the bag ready for cooking the turkey in.  We had our turkey dinner on the Sunday. 

He brought me over lots of spices that I can't get here for cooking Indian and Mexican food, and he had everything for cooking the turkey and the stuffing. He was in charge of cooking the bird, and his special stuffing. 

We did the vegetables together. My sister did my mom's stuffing and her most delicious sweet potatoes.  We feasted like kings. It was all really wonderful! 

I wish I had gotten a photograph of us all around the table when it came to the feasting. Alas, I did not.  We were all just enjoying being together so much.  Between not having been able to get together because of Covid and time and distance, this was truly a most wonderful reunion for us all. 

 

Luke wearing his dragon smooshie

There was the traditional viewing of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.   Laughter, plenty of food and treats, dragons . . . 

Sock monkeys and sock monkey repairs.  I had made both the boys sock monkeys when they were toddlers. Luke's was a bit worse for the wear, so we fixed that all up.  Gabes was made from proper sock monkey socks so his has worn a lot better.  Both are very loved sock monkeys.

We just had a lovely, lovely, LOVELY weekend! 

I learned all about snap chat.   How did I not ever know about snap chat?  This must be the King Charles filter, lol.

 

When did my hair get so grey?

We laughed and we laughed, and we laughed.  We just plain old had a great time together. All of us. It was over far too soon, far too soon.  But we have plans to do it again at Christmas.  We have all of those years to make up for!  I can't wait!

We are so thankful for family and health and friendships and most especially for love.  Because as the Savior rightly said, the greatest of these is love.

I hope you all were blessed with great weekends also!  The cats were exhausted last night. They are not used to so much play time and excitement!

A thought to carry with you . . .

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 *Each new day is a blessing,.

Let go of all the worries and

be grateful for all the positive

in your life.   •。★★ 。* 。

In The English Kitchen today  . . .  How to Poach Chicken and what to do with it. It never hurts to learn a new technique!

I hope you have a wonderful day.  I am having my Winter tires put on today. Be happy and blessed and don't forget!

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And I do too!