Thanksgiving Day, 2017

Thanksgiving - my  favorite holiday! We cook and bake and roast...

 ... and run out of counter space so that some foods get placed in my spa tub until needed. (Hey, it's handy to the kitchen and safe from little kiddos and dogs there!)

The wait for dinner can be tough whether you are big or small.

 Julie, Mila, Kate, and Ian.

Putting black olives on your fingers while eating appetizers is fun.

And so is prepping your plate with butter and cherry jam. (Ian could not wait to eat Aunt Emily's rolls!)

 Great Aunt Cindie brought gifts for the four grandchildren.

Advent calendars and little stuffed dogs that barked!

 Great-Great Grandma Honeywell's hand crocheted tablecloth was brought out for the big day.

It made a wonderful hiding place...

 ... as Mila discovered!

I did not get any pictures of the table of food but we had fried turkey, ham, garlic mashed potatoes, rolls, gravy, sweet potato casserole, corn casserole, green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, Christmas Jello, two kinds of stuffing, roasted vegetables, tossed salad, cheese ball, chocolate chip cheeseball, olives, and pickles.

 For dessert there was apple pie, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, sugar cream pie, and pumpkin cheesecake.

 Craig, Steve, Cindie, Jenny, Rick, Eric, and Emily.

 Leslie, Vanessa, Ian Curt.

After dinner (and naps for a few of us, including grown ups), we headed out to Battle Ground to visit Granny Slash's tree at the battlefield.

 Julie and Ian investigated the mulch around the tree.

 Leslie, Curt, Jenny, Cole, Rick, Julie.

 Curt helped me hang the ornament (Eric, Curt, Lisa).

It's a glass basket of apples - appropriate for our Granny Slash!

 Curt, Ian, Leslie, Rick, Lisa, Julie, Cole, Emily, Cindie, Steve, Eric, and Jenny.

 Rick, Leslie, me, Steve, Cindie, and Jenny.

 Eric, Curt, Lisa, Cole, and Emily.

Ian had brought along the Christmas ornament I gave him and had hung it on the tree, too. (We did not leave it there.)

The rest of the day was spent playing games, talking, eating when desired, and just hanging out as a family. I love this holiday!