Once Upon a Family

 We went out to eat for Thanksgiving and took these pictures before we left.  Now seeing how well they turned out I wish we hadn't ...

  Ham dinner with enough food to serve at least 18 instead of six.  We ate so much everyone passed on dessert.    Grandma Shirle...

I love the Groucho Marx eyebrows he got this year courtesy of Spark. He now resides on the turkey wall in the hallway.

Our week has been jammed pack full of activities, appointments, preparations and not much school. On Tuesday our homeschool co-op made ...

  Little Rice Krispy ball on half an Oreo with frosting for glue and candy corn head and tail feathers.   Thankful pumpkin  ...

It was done a day late but done none the less, the annual hand print turkey. Now it will go up on the wall in the hallway and join the o...

 On prime rib, Dad makes the best ever.  All the side dishes - broccoli salad, seven layer salad, carrot casserole, brussel sprouts (Gran...

We were all enjoying a nice dinner this past Saturday, it had been a day of hard work in the barn and then some time spent with grandma.  Sp...

Decoration by Spark I called my dad a couple of weeks ago and asked if they want to come for Thanksgiving.  Without missing a beat he sa...

We found this fun turkey bread recipe at the  Wheat Foods Council  and thought we would give it a try because he was just so darn cute.  To...

2010 Hand Turkey Traditions are odd things as you can never predict at the beginning of your family what your traditions are going to be....

We were fortunate enough to have three grandparents here for Thanksgiving. I love to see my mom even if by the time they get the car out on ...

This is a nice change from pumpkin pie. Pumpkin Cake 2 c. flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. soda 4 eggs 2 c. c...

This was just the beginning of Dancer laughing all night. Grandma Cooking We skipped the turkey and grilled. Only Dancer likes the whit...

Every year the kids make one cut out hand turkey together. I leave these turkeys up all year hanging in the hallway to the bedrooms. 2008 ...