The Christmas Tree is decorated!

Right after Thanksgiving we decorated the Christmas tree. Buzz was able to get the tree together, and his mom and the two of us decorated it. It turned out pretty good.

Just before the decorations.

Buzz decorating the tree.

Just after the tree was up, Kitty found her new hiding place. She now runs under one side of tree, does a U-turn and then lays right under it. She hasn't yet realized that we can see her under the tree.

Thanksgiving Day

Everyone was invited to our house this year, including Buzz's Mom who flew down for a week. In my usual fashion, I had dinner planned and was shopping for the Thanksgiving's meal weeks in advance (that's the only way to get the sales!). Also, the cooking started two days before so that we would only need to cook the turkey the day of.

On Thursday by the time I got up, Buzz had the turkey prepped and we were ready to season it and get it stuffed. By 7:30 the turkey was in the oven, the kitchen was cleaned, and we waited for the basting to begin.

And by noon, we had a fully cooked turkey with stuffing! It was a gorgeous turkey, wasn't it? This was year two using this particular recipe, and I don't think it will be the last.

Preparing the salad.

All set and ready for dinner.

Enough food to feed an army!

By the time everyone had arrived, the kitchen was overflowing with food. Besides the food we had prepared, Mom and Grandpa also brought food and desserts. We had the turkey and stuffing, a corn casserole, a potato casserole, a sweet potato casserole, rolls, a salad with home made dressing and Ranch, and three desserts! Needless to say, we didn't go hungry.

Buzz wound up eating both turkey legs. Yumm!

After dinner, we finished going through Black Friday ads and took a few family pictures. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and recovering from the big meal.

Searching for Black Friday deals!

Family pics!

The Whole Gang!

Boxing Kitty

For your enjoyment, Buzz and Kitty face off.