I love the holidays! I love being around family and loved ones. I also love traditions.
These are Cindy's famous "butt" rolls. It is not dinner without a butt roll!
These are Irene's yams. I used to hate candied yams. My family never ever makes them and so when I married into the Maybury family I kept trying them. Now I like them. Not my favorite, but I will eat them willingly.
Irene has these special fruit plates. I don't think I see them any other time of year except at Thanksgiving. She always does a really good job setting the table and making things look pretty.
Stuffed celery is another Maybury tradition. I have been in charge of the stuffed celery before and I am telling you. It is not especially fun to stuff hundreds of slices of celery with sticky cheese. But it is mighty tasty!
This is Grant with his first piece of stuffed celery. (probably not his last either)
The examination.
The taste! The celery wasn't a hit. But he will have plenty more opportunities to try again.
The bird was our job this year! Kyle did all of it. I didn't help one bit. He did a fabulous job. It tasted great. The truly amazing part was he kept it warm for the 40 minute drive and it stayed warm until we ate. Way to go hun!
I don't think it is a family get together without having some good laughs. I was lucky to capture this moment! Art and Irene have an older organ in their home. Grant will sometimes go just push the buttons. This night Irene turned the organ on! (I didn't even know it still worked.) Grant was thrilled when the buttons suddenly made noise. It was a nice quiet noise but quiet just the same. Well, Irene has a pretty significant hearing loss. She didn't even think the organ was working. So she shoved down the pedal and BOOM! The organ was shaking the house. Grant and Irene were having a ball. I swear the whole neighborhood could hear the thing! Art on the other hand has no hearing loss. He nearly came unglued at the ruckus. Eventually, the organ got turned off and the fun came to a screeching halt. I am so happy I got these cute pictures of the "Organ event". It will be interesting to see what happens when we go back to the house for Christmas eve. I secretly hope the organ gets blasted again.
Lee always makes the pies. It has taken him multiple attempts to get the meringue to look picture perfect. I think it tasted even better than it looked.
The coconut pie! My family all despises coconut. So, I had to learn how to stomach the stuff over the years. I honestly like coconut now, but only on certain things. Coconut pie isn't one of them...yet.
It was a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had so much to be thankful for this year. It was so much fun to spend the day with the in-laws, who I love so much.
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