For the past several years I have cooked the Thanksgiving feast.  The menu was extensive as it usually is.

Menu

Appetizer:

• artichoke and parmesen dip

Main Course

• turkey
• stuffing
• butternut squash
• creamy mashed potato
• green bean casserole
• creamed onions
• candied yams
• jello salad (family recipe)
• cranberry bread
• pumpkin bread
• cranberry relish
• cranberry whole berry sauce

Dessert

• pecan tart
• pumpkin pie
• apple pie

Everything is made from scratch as the Thanksgiving feast should be.  Everyone went home with full bellies and a memory of yet another Thanksgiving with family.

As another blogger has done an extremely nice job with her “Things to be thankful for “I will try and replicate a list.

Things to be Thankful for in the past year

• Walker graduates from kindergarten and starts the 1st grade with a bang
• Peyton successfully completes speech therapy and begins his 3 year old program at school
• Reaching the 10 year anniversary mark with my husband
• finally getting my act together and utilize facebook
• having a good job in this job market
• being constantly surrounded by good friends
• knowing my children have a good sense of humor … and know when to use it
• having a father that still likes to call to say good night to my kids
• having a husband who is willing to put the Christmas lights up the day after Thanksgiving
• having a job that allows me the luxury of working from home on Fridays
• knowing my kids are compassionate as well as passionate about things that surround them
• knowing that I live in a democracy that even though elections may not go the way I want I still have the right to vote
• having made friends all over the world through my blog

I have certainly missed many but these are the highlights.  So… what are you thankful for this year?