New Photos

Got some new photos to share - recent stuff - These are our three kids. Aren't they gorgeous? So much fun to have them all home at once. What a great weekend. Thanksgiving was wonderful and we just laughed and laughed and ate and ate. phew. A lot of work. But worth it. I tried new recipes including Maple Glazed Turkey from Gourmet Magazine (Tyler Florence - that really cute chef on Food Network) and it WORKED! Big time. It was so moist and full of flavour - put thyme and chopped sage and rosemary in between the skin and the meat (just separate the skin with your fingers to put the chopped herbs in between) and REAL maple syrup basting the turkey. Really really nice.

Of course there was homemade cranberry sauce (just boil some sugar and water and then add the cranberries and simmer on low heat until done - very simple) and I added cinnamon and some lemon juice - really nice. Homemade dressing with apples and celery, some candied yams (sweet potatoes with maple syrup sliced up) and mashed yams with baby marshmallows on top (under broiler for a minute to brown the marshmallows) and peas, mashed potatoes with cream cheese and sour cream and melted cheese on top, and homemade (for the first time I made homemade pumpkin pie instead of going to the local bakery) pumpkin pie - Caramel pumpkin pie, again from Gourmet magazine - a bit of an effort and next time I think I'll just do "normal" pumpkin pie, as we top it off with whipped cream and melted honey so it's already sweet enough. What a meal. What an effort. I was so exhausted. But it was perfect.

Hey Chris - Pretty Bird, Pretty Bird - haha - this is a great photo - (you have to watch "Dumb & Dumber) and you'll get it. We didn't have a centre piece so we used the rooster and chicken and Chris had a bit of a moment here.... hahaha. We all laughed the whole night long.

Overall a wonderful Thanksgiving. Lots of fun and amazing food (the kids ate it all and loved it and Don loved it, so I was happy) and good times.

Hope all my Canadian Friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving too.

Now back to some knitting - I didn't get a lot of knitting done on the weekend. I was baking and cooking and cleaning and busy. But it was great. Loved it. Happy Thanksgiving!