Thanksgiving!

Lauren dancing with the turkey....

Look! It's a Butterball Turkey!

Lisa and I were in charge of the turkey. We didn't know how to truss a turkey, so first we played cat's cradle with the strings.

Turkey: buttered, salted, peppered, rosemary-ed, bagged, and put in the oven.

Lauren making green bean casserole!

Camote, apples, carrots and brown sugar.

Gravy and turkey, nearly done!

Betty making mashed potatoes.

Betty, way too excited about our superb turkey.

Nicholi and Kristen, piling up the plates with all the goodies!

We all shared something that we were thankful for and toasted each one with wine. This is Amber.

Passing all the food around.

Homemade bread, steamed spinach and mushrooms, garlic mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, turkey, camote surprise, and green bean casserole!

After-dinner walk around the farm!

Sunset.

Dessert! First one is choco-mint-bread-cookie, Pumpkin Cheesecake, and Carrot Cake.

Today we celebrated Thanksgiving a few days early. We headed out to Eduardo's house (he used to be a PC agriculture trainer so he has a soft spot for volunteers who can't spend Thanksgiving with their families) just a couple miles down the highway early this morning. Somehow, in the midst of many jokes, great confusion, lots of cooks in the kitchen, several versions of recipes for traditional dishes, and a multitude of last-minute substitutions, we managed to produce a delicious Thanksgiving dinner! It was so wonderful to share food and laughter with everyone who came.