Monday, November 30, 2009

THANKSGIVING AT MIMAS

THE GUESTS...

Thursday morning, Zsolt and Marisa playing cards as we prepare the turkey.

Rupert and Cooper hugging...so sweet! This is after they tried to take a chunk off each other!

Michelle finished the Santa hat for Marisa, and doesn't she look cool and sweet!

A view from the second floor, while we are sweating in the kitchen grandkids and dogs are sprawled in the great room....they don't look too worried about dinner!

Julia and Rupert...I think... why worry about cooking when you can lounge with your favorite dobie!

Dylan and Rupert...for sure

Marisa and .....?
Julia and Rupert
Hello' Dylan and Evan!
Edwin preparing the broth for basting and eventually for the gravy, we begin cooking on the day before Thanksgiving when we boil extra necks, wings, liver etc, we also make the pies and cranberry sauce. This year, Michelle made the cranberry sauce and a pumpkin meringue pie; I made sweet potato and raisin pies.
Grandpapa tossing the stuffing, must make sure is just right before stuffing the turkey!

While everyone cooks or lounges the dogs play, and play, and play!

Time to stuff the turkey!

...almost done...

Just a few more handfuls and....

It's ready to go into the oven....finally!

Cooper takes advantage of the confusion and eats Rupert's food and drinks his water!!!

Then they both inspect the floor for crumbs...

Mimas rubbing a little olive oil on the turkey's chest just before putting it in the oven.

TA...ta...ta...ta!!!!! The finished product! Two days' work all leading up to this!

A little carving and...

Dinner is served!!!

2 comments:

SwissKnits! said...

It was a YUMMY Thanksgiving dinner!!
Thanks mom!!

P.S. The gravy was da bomb!!!

islandpurls said...

Glad you were all here to share it!