Thanksgiving

Randy's cousin Bryan invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner.

We shared this holiday with them last year too!

They also invited the Hertogh family over for their first Thanksgiving dinner.

They are from the Netherlands like my dad.

It was so fun to talk with them however, I wish my dad would have taught us more Dutch growing up!

Table setting was beautiful!

Makenzy making new friends.
Ava. Twins??? Sally or Jane? I just don't have the eye to tell them apart! Makenzy.

Appetizers!

The pie goddess lives down the street from me.

She also goes by the name of Christine.

This year I implored her to help teach me the fine art of pie making.

Homemade pies sing out Thanksgiving feat almost as loudly as the turkey.

But of course more sweetly.

However, the weather intervened.

Snow. School cancelled for 2 days.

All 8 kids home.

And, by necessity, in the kitchen some of that time.

Not the best recipe for trying to have girl time chatting and making pies.

So it was postponed.

I slumped back into my old pie habits and bought some Marie Callender pies that I

was deceptively thinking about passing off as my own.

Then husband to Mrs. Pie Goddess and daughter knocked on my door and pulled from their sled, yes an actual sled pulled down our snow packed street,

3 beautiful red boxes containing pie goddess "loveness" and "yumminess".

Smooth, velvety, chocolate cream.

Lickety, clean, lemon cream.

And an extra dash of genuine thoughtfulness,

Pecan pie.

My favorite.

Mrs. Pie Goddess figured she was already making several pies, what was a few more.

Thank you Pie Goddess Friend!!!

You are amazing.

Can't wait for our next cooking class!