THANKSGIVING 2014

Thanksgiving wasn't really about the food this year-it was about me having four whole days off of work to enjoy Ama!  THANKFUL for that time to spend with family. And that is exactly what I did.  My Dad and Revis joined us for the day & Kimi and Ashley came  to celebrate with us Wed-Saturday. Aunt Pippi (Kimi) always comes with a bag of tricks-fun things to do and always very entertaining for kids.  Ama warmed up to both her aunts in no time, but was very smitten this time with Nay Nay ( Ashley). Pippi got her time, but Aunt Nay Nay and Ama did a lot of golf cart riding, orange picking, and farm exploring--which gave Kim, Jerren, and me a little time to work on a few craft projects.

Thanksgiving Day was wonderfully chilly so we had  fires inside and out. We decided against a turkey this year and ended up with the most fabulous meal--wonderful appetizers, steaks, shrimp, baked potatoes, collards and red cabbage. I love watching the Macy Thanksgiving Parade  while preparing food for the day--brings back wonderful memories. Cooking and clean up was completed stress free and we had more time to play.

Pat had to work, but was able to eat dinner with us between hospital shifts. The other love of my life, Elwood (and Conor and Megs) spent Thanksgiving with his Grammie and Pop in Jacksonville.

I will celebrate with Elwood soon. Every day is Thanksgiving when you get to spend it with grandchildren!

Things to see and places to go!
Nay Nay  starts the day early with Ama!

beautiful oysters before dinner

Jer made quite the Bloody Mary for us

The day begins with a toast!
Pop brought fixins for Bloody Marys

Oh, do we love cheese!!!

And of course we had our tradition toast with a shot of
Forever Weekend Farm's Bee Dirty  

Loving my bees



The Thanksgiving Eve fire

Pop and Pippi

The day comes to an end-

chilly night

gorgeous sunset

Forever Sisters