Thanksgiving fun

We were so happy to have my family out for thanksgiving. This is two years in a row that they've made the long trip from Arkansas to spend the Holiday with me and Duke. I was informed by Grandma Crockett that this would be the last year they wouldn't be visiting home (Osceola, Ar) for Turkey day... I am very grateful for her sharing them with me these past two years :)
We also had Sharry(Duke's cousin) over - who we so enjoyed her visting with us! She managed to survive being around the Crocketts and we had fun playing NERTS... for those of you who don't know Nerts, it is my favorite card game ever! Kinda like solitare, just a little more involved with the more people that play.
We had a great Thanks giving dinner, here's a few things we cooked:
Turkey (with an apricot glaze.. yum!), Dressing(two kinds of dressing), macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, greenbean casserole, corn casserole, deviled eggs, ham, rolls, sweet potatoes, banana cream pie, chocolate cream pie and pecan pie! Oh so good :) Mom and I got up at 6:30a.m. and cooked till we ate at 2:00p.m.! So fun... here's some pics of the fun.



And, the turkey! Rubbed with Herbs and an apricot glaze was delicious!

Yum, Chocolate and Banana Cream pies!











Yum, homemade pecan pie!










Dinnertime!











Can't go wrong with Nerts, (for me anyways!)

Adventures in Pumpkin Bread!

So, I decided to try my hand at making pumpkin chocolate chip bread. I searched and found a recipe online and decided to go for it. After going to the store and purchasing the ingredients (mainly the pumpkin and nutmeg) I thought I was set. Until, Alison and Brandon came over and I told them I was going to make pumpkin bread and Alison so kindly let me know that you don't make pumpkin bread with pumpkin pie filling, you make it with pure pumpkin! Oh! Who knew? :) So, my bread making was delayed a few days until I was able to make it back to the store to purchase the correct pumpkin. The recipe made quite a bit and turned out very good! Here's a pic of the yummy bread!

Voting

I meant to post this on election day, but the days just kept slipping by. I couldn't get Duke to behave so, here's our series of pictures which we just ended up with the stickers on our faces, I gave up trying to get the "good picture"! Nonetheless, We voted :)