Here's a view of the tables all set up for dinner.
I even decorated the piano.
Here is an aerial shot. I was very excited to have a reason to decorate...you know, really spruce things up.
So our guest list consisted of: My parents--The Mings, The Stentzels, The Lewis's, and The Ashbys. Above is a picture of the gorgeous turkey that Cindy made. Here is a list of our food agenda (I'm putting this in simply because it was SO engrossingly delectable):Gus: sweet potatoes, apple pie, pumpkin spice cake, and fruit salad.
Mings: Ham, and homemade cranberry sauce (my dad made it from scratch with fresh orange zest--I couldn't stop sniffing it because it smelled so good.)
Lewis: THE TURKEY, gravy, and pecan pie
Stentzel: homemade rolls (a huge hit), fresh fall spinach salad, and mashed potatoes
Ashbys: dressing and pumpkin pie (courtesy of Sara Lee because it was buy 2 pies get a free bag of rolls and she had a 50 cents of Sara Lee pie coupon which I'm sure she either doubled or tripled.)
If you break it down we had 8 children( doesn't the kid table look like fun?!)
9 adults (isn't this a cute picture of the Stentzels)
And 2 absolutely astounding grandparents who volunteered to eat near the children's table and preside as chaperons. It doesn't get much more thankful than this, folks. Thanks everybody!!
8 comments:
Sounds like a fun Thanksgiving -- plus you didn't even have to cook the turkey. We always have a tradition of doing a big friends dinner on Christmas Eve and Dustin asked me if I'd rather do Thanksgiving with friends instead of traveling to my Great Aunt and Uncle's. I told him no way because we'd have to cook a turkey. I see you weaseled your way out fo that ;D
Your tables looked beautiful and as always -- I love your purple kitchen!
Wow, what a dinner party! It looks like it was just beautiful...and yummy! Glad you guys had a happy Thanksgiving!
looks so fun, and i bet you had a ton of room in your big, new beautiful home. love thanksgiving with lots of loved ones.
Your Texas kitchen is purple too?!?!? That is way awesome!! Your house looks so pretty, I don't think I've seen pictures of it, wink wink.... I hope your feeling better and I am sending you a hug =)
Glad your Thanksgiving was a blast! Sounds like you had wonderful company and great food! What more could you ask for?!?
Hope your feeling well with your pregnancy! We miss you guys!
PS...we'd like to have a Union Square reunion sometime! Are you planning any trips to Utah before or after your baby comes??? Let us know!
That's the way to go. The more the merry-er :) And I'm sure those families were happy to not spend it alone!!! Looks like tons of fun and great food. You're house looks so nice! I (like Amy) haven't seen anything really...wink wink (like Amy)!!
Looks like so much fun, sorry we didn't get to make it! Maybe next year!
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