Thanksgiving Report

 

We spent the day at home, with Tristan and Rebecca's parents.  It was a traditional and quiet day with turkey, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, cranberries, pumpkin pie, oyster dressing, and
all of those things which go with a traditional formal American Thanksgiving dinner.  Tristan cooked, employing some of the techniques he has picked up in the dietetics department at the University.  He raided the garden and greenhouse for fresh herbs and his production really was quite good.  Perhaps we will let him cook next year as well.

Friday we left early to shoot pheasants in Federal Valley with Ashley's family on her husband Matthew's side.  We killed eleven birds with Fat Leo the Labrador's help (he hunted very well for the day) and then repaired to the club house for fellowship with friends the Montecristos and Mr. Daniels, an old acquaintance from Tennessee.   Then it was back to Chuck and Kathy's where the girls had prepared a wonderful luncheon of prime rib, roast potatoes, cranberry rice, and all the fixings.  We had fun playing games and make believe with the grand daughters and had a wonderful afternoon.  It is amazing how much fun those girls can have with a handful of pheasant and turkey feathers.  Ashley is doing a wonderful job rearing them without a lot of electronic over stimulation and whiz bang gadgets.  I believe they will in the long run be much better for it.

We  ended the weekend special events with a trip to the Palace Theatre to enjoy Christmas Carol, a stage adaptation of Dicken's famous work, yet another wonderful dinner, and finally we will go to Church for Christ the King Sunday.  I am so very thankful that my family is all back in Ohio for this Thanksgiving.   Whatever the future may hold, I cannot say enough times how blessed of God I am.