Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was as delicious as it is supposed to be. We had sparkling apple cider, cranberry juice, sweet tea and water to drink. Our food dishes were salad, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread dressing, green beans, glazed carrots, sweet potato casserole, corn pudding and cranberry sauce.

Around the table we had Dwayne, Devin, Frances, Rob, Tess, Madison, Farley, Margaret Ann, Avis, Derrik and myself.

Dwayne carving the turkey he fried.

We had sparkling cider, spinach/artichoke bites, almonds and a cheese & cracker plate for appetizers.

Farley grew gourds and we used some to decorate the buffet.

Chef Devin

Devin's hobbies are biking, cooking and reading. Basketball is hindering him from having time to do much cooking during the week, but he makes up for it on the weekends.

He made this delicious apple/blackberry pie for Thanksgiving. It may be hard to tell in the photo, but the entire crust is dough cut in leaf shapes. It looked as fantastic as it tasted.

He has a little business for the holidays. He is making rum cakes for sale. They go for $25 a piece and are the BEST! They ship well and make great gifts, so contact him or me via email if you want to place an order.

Devin made some great risotto cakes for Sunday lunch with some leftover risotto I had in the refrigerator. They were good, but not as awesome as Tuscan chicken cakes.

I don't recall what he was whipping up here, but I'm sure we thankfully devoured every bite.

Corbin's 11th Birthday

Corbin getting ready to blow! (Trey & Derrik are wearing Nerf goggles.) Corbin got six or seven Nerf guns for his birthday. The kids all had a war with them indoors and out.

Corbin and his pile of presents.

Learner's Permit

Poor Devin has endured two trips to the DMV so far. The first time we went to get his learner's permit, he got permission from his coach to skip basketball practice but when we got to DMV their system was down and he couldn't take the test.

The second try at DMV had a surprise ending. You have to get 100% on the sign test and Devin got the yield sign wrong. (There are no words on the signs on the test.)

Now he has to wait 15 days before he is allowed to try again. Hopefully our third visit will be the magic one.

Sand Box Sphinx

Devin & Corbin had fun sculpting a sphinx in the sand box.

Montana Hunting Trip

Dwayne & his parents went to Montana hunting again this year. They stay with my Aunt Jeanne & Uncle Cedric and hunt on their property.

Jeanne & Cedric have sheep.

Dwayne & Farley each got a deer.

The happy hunters.

Dirty from Dirt Biking

Boys get dirty and have fun doing it. Derrik rode his dirt bike after all of the rain we've been having and came back quite mud-spattered.