Thanksgiving with Mindy and Clayton
All the pictures from above where from Thanksgiving dinner, aka supper/evening-meal. We ALSO had Thanksgiving dinner, aka lunch/noonish-meal with Mindy and Clayton and their family. Clayton's Grandma and Grandpa (his dad's parents) came to town from Montana and were eager to meet our little family, having heard so much about us. But most amazing is that Dad prepared the turkey and stuffing for BOTH meals, a culinary feat he had never before attempted. Here he is, shoving stuffing in Mindy's 12+ lb turkey at 8:30 am:
We decided to have two Thanksgivings because we are malnourished. Just kidding! It was because Dad needed something to do. Just kidding on that one, too. Actually, we were planning originally to wrap it all into one dinner, but in the end we decided a) 10 adults + 2 babies would be a little much to fit into anybody's apartment, b) the probability of a baby getting smooshed would increase exponentially with the number of bodies put in such a limited space, and c) clear conversational lines would probably be drawn between the Montana crowd and the Geo-centric crowd just out of habit. Also, Dad and I selfishly wanted each crowd to ourselves -- we wanted to be able to converse as much as we liked with each set individually. All in all, it was an awesome day. We really enjoyed Clayton's grandparents (and of course Mindy and Mr. Mindy and Clayton). Clayton's grandma and Mindy cooked us mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, yams with marshmallows, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce, and salad on top of Dad's turkey and stuffing. For dessert, we ladies went all out with a pie-array -- I made a pumpkin pie, Mindy made her specialty, banana-cream pie, and Grandma made pecan pie. After we gorged ourselves on this dinner, Dad and I realized the flaw in our well-orchestrated dinner preparation plans -- we had neglected the overpowering effect of a belly full of turkey. We had to slurp up the coffee to recover enough energy to host our own Thanksgiving dinner later that night (and for Dad to cook a whole 'nother turkey!).
We decided to have two Thanksgivings because we are malnourished. Just kidding! It was because Dad needed something to do. Just kidding on that one, too. Actually, we were planning originally to wrap it all into one dinner, but in the end we decided a) 10 adults + 2 babies would be a little much to fit into anybody's apartment, b) the probability of a baby getting smooshed would increase exponentially with the number of bodies put in such a limited space, and c) clear conversational lines would probably be drawn between the Montana crowd and the Geo-centric crowd just out of habit. Also, Dad and I selfishly wanted each crowd to ourselves -- we wanted to be able to converse as much as we liked with each set individually. All in all, it was an awesome day. We really enjoyed Clayton's grandparents (and of course Mindy and Mr. Mindy and Clayton). Clayton's grandma and Mindy cooked us mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, yams with marshmallows, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce, and salad on top of Dad's turkey and stuffing. For dessert, we ladies went all out with a pie-array -- I made a pumpkin pie, Mindy made her specialty, banana-cream pie, and Grandma made pecan pie. After we gorged ourselves on this dinner, Dad and I realized the flaw in our well-orchestrated dinner preparation plans -- we had neglected the overpowering effect of a belly full of turkey. We had to slurp up the coffee to recover enough energy to host our own Thanksgiving dinner later that night (and for Dad to cook a whole 'nother turkey!).
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