Thanksgiving Dinner

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year. In our party of 24 were my two brothers and their families, my sister and her family from Arizona and my parents. The food was great and it was the first time in a long time that we were all together for Thanksgiving.

Our only blunder of the day was that Curt and I almost lost our turkey! The oven bag broke while we were draining the drippings and luckily it fell all over the counter, well at least the turkey stayed on the counter. Oily hot drippings ran all over the counter, down the cabinets and onto the floor. Poor Curt felt it as it spashed onto his levis and shirt! Ouch! We laughed and cleaned it all up. But the turkey was saved! :)

Then everyone seemed to think it was fun to jump on the trampoline after such a big meal! I just watched, laughed and took pictures. Everyone was showing their best tricks and there were only minor injuries. Hope you head is better Muggy!

Happy Dance

I got this from my good friend's blog and had to post it as well. I hope you enjoy this dancing movie....I sure did! Have a happy dance day! :)

I Love Bottling!

I just had to add a picture of Gramps (with Rachel).

A bit of this year's bottling

For about 9 years I have been bottling. I started out with peaches and it seems that each year I keep adding new foods. I have a great love for bottling. I just finished up my bottling for the year....although I'm thinking of adding some more things in January! My pantry is full of wonderful food that we grew, picked or bought from my neighbors. This year I made salsa completely from our garden! It feels so good to know we have healthy foods with no added chemicals, preservatives, etc.

This year my mom gave me 3 recipes from my Grandpa Foster....chili sauce, India relish and his pickles that I can still remember eating at his house. I had this huge desire to bottle these just because they were Gramps' recipes. How I wish I had him here to ask questions! But, I figured it all out with help and guessing from Mom and they all turned out wonderful!