Thanksgiving

What a fantastic time. I love my family and am so very lucky to live close by so I get to see everyone at the holidays.
Lets start from the beginning though. Without an oven all of my baking had to be done at my mom's house, 45 minutes away. I was over there Wednesday all evening (baked chocolate pie & pineapple/walnut cake), I also baked a dish (apple crisp) Thursday morning before we went to Grandma's, and Friday evening I was there making carrot cake bars for my stepsister's on Saturday. There will be blogs with recipes and photos later this week.
So like I said, Thursday we had lunch at my grandparents'. The group was small but conversation was good. & the food, the food was excellent as always. It was weird only having 3 of 7 cousins in town. Just as we were getting ready to leave my grandparents' in Greece to drive over an hour out to my Aunt Dawn's, my dad called. There was a crisis at Dawn's. He only brought red wine and no one brought white, liquor stores are closed. Oh no. After raiding my Grandma's liquor store in her basement (OMG she had EVERYTHING but white wine, aside from some fruity Arbor Mist) I went over to Dad's he lives right around the corner from my grandparents' and picked up what was left of a box he had in the fridge. Let me tell you, everyone out there was so happy when we arrived with the wine. Haha
Dinner at Dawn's was supposed to start at 3. We got there around 5 and didn't eat until about 30 min later. Haha, Carpenter's are always late. It's just what we do. Again great food and fantastic company. It was wonderful to have Ken, Sharon, & Brent in town for the first time. I love that they live here now. :)
Saturday we went to Amy's for our 3rd dinner. John cut the turkey here, and gave me both legs to scavenge off of....L-O-V-E!!! I love having 3 dinners and being able to count on different dinners for different favorite dishes. Grandma's got the best homemade rolls ever, Dawn makes some incredible stuffing, and at Amy's the desserts are amazing.