Prepration for Thanksgiving

       Usually I host Thanksgiving dinner for 20+ people and it takes me a couple of days of preparation for it ,but This year I am not hosting  and so it will just be our family of six. I will miss not being with extended family this year but it will be nice just to relax and enjoy some downtime for once on a holiday !
       Of course my family still wants all the yummy things that go along with  the Thanksgiving meal , and they will all get made ,but this year I am hardly lifting a finger to help .......That's is the food prep, I have been doing some dishes today ! :)
       My second oldest son decided that he would like to try his hand out making a Thanksgiving meal , and so I relinquished the job to him, with barely any supervision and he has come through with flying colors today ! This was one proud Mama! 
      Now some of you may think "WHAT, Your letting a kid make your meal!" Yep, the nice thing is I have been letting my kids do things since they were really little! I'm preparing them to one day be able to know how to cook weather they get married or not. LOL
      Anyway  my son had a great day preparing our Thanksgiving meal for tomorrow, in fact he enlisted his 2 younger brother to peel 10 lbs of apples and 5 lbs of potatoes for him which I thought was amazing! What a blessed Mom I am and so I give Thanks for my wonderful boys on this Thanksgiving eve night!
     Our meal tomorrow will consist of
 ~ Turkey
~ Dressing
 ~ Mashed  Tators and gravy
~ Green bean casserole
~ Broccoli & rice casserole
~ Cranberry sauce
~ Rolls
~ Cheesecake (Pecan & Cherry)
~ Apple Pie
~ Pecan Pie
~ Pumpkin Pie

  So what do you do for Thanksgiving and what are some of your favorite foods and traditions? Hope you all have Blessed Thanksgiving and enjoy your time spent with family ! 


GIGI

Thankfulness~Coming Clean

        Everyone knows that November is the month of Thankfulness. You see it everywhere, people posting everyday what they are Thankful for .  So of course I should be giving Thanks !
       Surprise, I'm coming clean!  Of course as a Mom I am not always Thankful ! I  grumble and complain at my husband that we don't EVER spend time together (that is not true of course), I tell  my kids that they never help me ( not true again) and oh no, I raise my voice from time to time out of frustration  (shocking ).
    I see friends traveling , going places and doing things I want to do and once again I am being ungrateful and not Thankful! The flowers were not good enough, that wasn't the restaurant I wanted to go to,  really you got that for me etc.
     There are many things that I realize that I have done this month to display me not being Thankful,  and I am ashamed as a Mom that I have allowed my kids to see that ! Everyday is a new day for grace, and today I realized that no matter what my mistakes and how much I have been ungrateful , and not given Thanks for everything and everyone around me, I can start afresh and I don't have to carry those mistakes with me.
   I am Thankful for grace, forgiveness , my family , and the hope of a new day with my amazing  boys who make life interesting and never dull. For all the sweet hugs and "I Love you Mom's", to the pictures of art that are specifically made for me to display on my walls, and the little wildflowers/weeds that my son brings me , That and so much more .
   This month is almost gone but if you are like me and haven't been as Thankful as you should have been , It's not too late. Tomorrow is a New day!



GIGI