Gobble Gobble, 2 Weeks Early!

Wow, I think I start every blog entry with that word, but WOW! November is flying by. This past weekend Ben and I had the great pleasure of hosting my 1st Thanksgiving dinner here at our house. Those in attendance were my mom, grandma, brother, sister-in-law, cousin, her husband and daughter. I do have more than 1 cousin by the way, but Kathy lives 4-5 hours away it was a somewhat easy trip while sneaking in a chance to see the rest of my family at the same time. If you don't want to count that's 9 people + Isaac so 10 mouths to feed. Our dining room table only seats 6 so Thank You to Tricia for lending me the tables. This was also a perfect chance to upgrade some of my serving dishes and silverware thanks to our favorite store, Kohl's. It's amazing how much money you save when items are 50% off AND you have a 30% off coupon. Love that place. Everyone said the meal was delicious, however, I am always looking to make things better. Next time will not steam the veggies so soon, and will leave the ham in longer. Other than that everyone seems to be fat and happy. My mom did most of the chopping and prep, but all and all it went off very well. I'll let the pictures do the talking. My sister, Nicole, celebrated the 5th anniversary of her 25th birthday so that was an added joy. Thank you Nicole for being such a good sport with the blazing inferno cake, I mean cake with 30 lit candles.

On Sunday in observance of Veteran's day we headed to Yorktown which is basically right around the corner. Accompanied by our most favorite Veteran, Benjamin D. Zollinger, we were allowed to waltz right in for free. Yes, they were waiving all Veteran's family members any entrance fees to Jamestown and Yorktown. Thank you for that.

The weekend ended with some fierce Taboo playing followed up by Cranium. We found out that Nicole can mold one mean Birkenstock out of purple play-dough and Ben is a master illustrator only needing to draw the most simple of pictures and BAM we've got it. His top 3 were the General Lee, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and Jaws. Great times were had by all.