Our Thanksgiving Plans

I'm not copying my sister, really. I was originally planning on posting my Thanksgiving plans, but she beat me too it. Sister-in-law, Peggy, asked a couple weeks ago what our plans were and I said we would have to get back to her. as I didn't know for sure what the kids' other families were planning. Our other sis-in-law had said they were going to be out of town, so it would just be our two families. We went ahead and asked his Mom if it would be ok to ask Matt and Peggy's family to their house for dinner. Then, we thought we could head over to their house to watch football games. In the meantime, Tony and Amy's plans changed. (imagine that)



So, the plan is that on Thursday, we will head to Brian's parents for dinner. His mom cooks everything. She makes awesome homemade buns. Everyone hangs around when she takes them out of the oven and then we eat 2 or 3 while they are still warm and the butter is melting out of them. She makes her own yummy beans too. They are light in color, maybe white or navy beans, have a sweet sauce on them and she crumbles bacon in them. She also makes mac-n-cheese. I think my brother-in-law would like that. There will, of course, be the usual turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy. She also usually makes a coleslaw or some kind of salad to go with it. And the pies....she make awesome pies and a pumpkin dessert. Even picky KJ loves her apple pie. She even shared the recipe and I made a couple once. They were gone in no time. I think she ate at least 3 pieces of it.



Then we will head to Tony and Amy's later in the afternoon to play cards and eat supper. I know we will be stuffed, but I'm sure we can make room for more. I'm glad it turned out this way, because I do like to cook for everyone. I too, will most likely make "the beans". My kids like corn casserole and I will make these awesome sausage stuffing balls that I got out of Kraft Foods magazine. Peggy got the turkey and I'm sure Amy will do the rest. I like that we do it like a potluck, so no one gets bogged down with everything. I think Brian's mom enjoys doing it all herself.

I am glad to see that I did not lose this post. The power went out as I was proofing it. I would have hated to try to type it all again. Thank goodness for the autosave feature.

Well, I was going to type that I'm not sure yet what my kids will do for the day. They are with us next week and their Dad will be going to his girlfriend's family's for dinner. His mom will have theirs on the Sunday following. So, I will let them choose. I know they will want to come along to Uncle Tony's place. And, I will let them go with their dad on Sunday. Brian's girls will most likely come with us to their grandparents, they love her food. We won't know until the last minute what their mother plans for them.. Another one of the frustrating things about her. She usually has to see what suits her best at the moment. (Jules, I think you could probably come up with some actual psychological diagnosis for her) Usually she picks them up after they eat and takes them to her sister's house. Sometimes, they barely get to eat before she shows up and it is too bad, because they really don't like going to her family's place. Hallie would rather play with Tony and Matt's kids. She loves playing with Jayde. But, I guess we need to give her time too. I prefer to let the kids choose.

Mom you should be getting pics of the kids in the next couple of days. We sent them yesterday.