We had 8 adults and 14 children, requiring the largest turkey I have ever cooked, a huge 20lb turkey; the oven shelf actual sagged a little under the weight. Chris was hoping that with his special restricted diet this would be the first Thanksgiving/Michaelmas where he actually lost weight, but that was not to be. Our kind friends went out of their way to make an assortment of goodies for him and the rest of us to enjoy, from quinoa broccoli casserole, to sweet potato mint brownies. As for activities, I really can't tell you much of what the children did during the day; I know they were laughing upstairs and running around a lot outside but since they stayed conveniently out of the way and got along so well I didn't really pay much attention. Therefore, the adults were free to enjoy each others company and conversation; that touched on a huge variety of subjects. Sometimes the men and women talked among themselves other times we merged for many entertaining stories. The sun sets early this time of year so the party wrapped up around 6:30pm with 22 stuffed and smiling people of all ages.
On a side note, earlier this week the kids helped an elderly neighbor with some yard work, that led to uncovering and eliminating a yellow jacket nest, which led to a gift of the dead queen hornet to present to Aaron our entomologist friend at Michaelmas.
Oh and this strange one of Chomper today LOL.
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