Thanksgiving Day, 2013

I hope your Thanksgiving Day

was as full of fun & laughter as

"The Gazebo House "was yesterday!

We were lucky to have my beautiful daughter &

her family join us for dinner….seven all together at

the square table in the sunroom.

I kept the placesettings of rustic brown & more elegant

crème  & gold trimmed  Lenox china rather simple with just

the minimum of accessories needed.

Bohemian crystal stems for either water or wine…

or Rootbeer, as in Ms. C.’s case! 

I used my Mother’s vintage cut glass basket,

filled with beaded & faux sugared fruit,

as a centerpiece until

the turkey platter took over center stage.

I used my new crystal butter dish for the first time.

I do seem to have an affinity for butter dishes!

I think this is #5.

This one can do double duty &

 be used upside down, 

with a deeper well for horseradish or

a sauce of some sort.

I also cooked my stuffing in my Ninja

for the first time & it came out great!

I ♥♥♥ my Ninja!

Desserts of pumpkin, pecan & French silk pie

were set up off to the side on

their own little table.

I forgot to take pictures of the food,

once it was in place.

It gets rather hectic when my very

lively bunch arrives!

 

I did manage to grab my camera &

captured the BLUE HOUR as my

son-in-love was showing my oldest

grandson how to dissect the turkey.

“Anatomy Lesson 101”

 I laughed as lots of technical terms were used..."tendons, cartilage, mediastinum"
(He’s a doctor...you could tell)

My Dad’s recipe for homemade rolls was a

BIG hit, especially with the little ones.
I think Ms. C. ate 3!!!

I’ll share that with you soon.

I’m too tired right now & I have

lots of dishes to put away!

Little Ms. C. slept overnight so I’ll have

a good helper today.

Thanks for visiting "The Gazebo House"…

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I’m joining Cuisine Kathleen’s

Let’s Dish party.