We spent Thanksgiving with Stephanie's family this year. We drove 5 hours from Boise to Montpelier, Idaho and that is about as far as I am willing to drive for just about anything. We had Thanksgiving dinner prepared by Helen, Steph's grandma, and it was fantastic. It was a very simple Thanksgiving for us as all we had to do was show up and eat as much as we possibly could. In my case, that is a whole lot of every single thing on the table. In Steph's case, it would be just ham and rolls. Nothing else, just ham and rolls. She is an adventurous one. I am rather upset that I will not be indulging in any cold turkey sandwiches this week. There is nothing better than a cold turkey sandwich with mayo on white bread. Yum-O!
After dinner and naps, we had the customary game of hand and foot. For those of you who are not familiar, that is a card game that every person in the Portela family knows how to play. In fact, within an hour of meeting Steph's family, grandma assigned herself as my teacher of hand and foot. I think we have played every time we have come to visit since that first meeting.
We watched a riveting episode of Survivor that night with the Allens and went to bed happy. We hope you all had as great a Thanksgiving as we did.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Thanksgiving Fun
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Well, we didn't have the two of you, nor Mom & Gary, nor Dad. We didn't have Dusty & Laura and family nor any extended family. But, we had each other and we are thankful for everyone's health and happiness.
We did also have a friend of Eric's come over with his wife and their daughter since they had no family to spend it with, either.
We had a lovely time and ate way too much food. Since then, I have made Turkey Rice Casserole, Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers and Turkey & Dumpling Soup. I have yet to make turkey sandwiches, although we actually do still have turkey left. I froze it for another time.
(Want me to mail you some????)
Cute Christmas pic you two!
Laura fed me old turkey from Thanksgiving in January one year - it had never been frozen. I was eating it and I said "hmmm, when did we have turkey?...Oh sh*t!" I didn't die or even get sick but I made she threw it away after that. She does have a big life insurance policy on me...
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