Thanksgiving in Sanford

This year, we were invited by Aunt Cathy and Uncle Dave to celebrate Thanksgiving at the C&D B&B. We drove up yesterday and spent the night. This gave us the great opportunity to actually help prepare the house and food, for a change.

Our first task was to setup the dining room table and the "kid's" table. For the dining room, we expanded the dining room table, then added the kitchen table to form a 'T'. These were covered by two table cloths and joined by a runner down the middle and some festive decorations and candles. For the kid's table, the round table from the porch was brought into the living room. A table cloth, some decorations, and candles added the needed touch of class worthy of Cathy's best dishes and silverware.

Cathy prepared the turkey as people started to arrive. Nikki was first, then Jen arrived a little later. Dave and I took Andrew and left to pick up Zak and his friend. While we were out, Dave's golfing buddy, John, and his wife and daughter arrived. When we returned, dinner was ready.

Dinner was spectacular, as you'd expect. One surprise item appeared on the table. Nikki fried a fresh zucchini from Cathy's garden. The food was blessed and everyone ate. I'm pretty sure everyone had seconds. I designated myself the official mashed potato finisher - you can't let them go to waste! The zucchini plate was left clean in short order. After dinner, I decided to do something else non-traditional - I volunteered to help clean up the dishes. I think Jen felt sympathy for me, so she helped load the dishwasher.

After clean-up, I went straight for the pumpkin pie and whipped cream. The pies had been sitting out, in plane sight, for the past 24 hours. It was all I could do to keep myself from sneaking a piece up to this point. My patience was rewarded.