Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a wonderful event this last year.  We were blessed that Aunt Taty was able to share Thanksgiving with us since she lives so close in Houston.  We also took the opportunity to have two Air Force Trainees to enjoy our dinner with us through a program called Operation Homecooking.  It was truly an honor to open our home to these two young women who have chosen to serve their country.  I also received a couple very nice thank you notes from family member who were grateful that their daughters/granddaughters were able to have a family around them during the holiday season.

So with so many guests for dinner I really wanted to go all out.  Although my turkey turns out good every year, I wanted to know if I could improve on it.  So this year I researched turkey recipes and ended up going with Alton Brown of Good Eats recipe.  After the smoke cleared......yes cleared, we were graced with the best turkey I have ever made.  Rich, tender, beautiful bird that has now made me a believer in the need to brine a turkey.  And yes I did cook it upside down.  I will need to do a better job on that next year.  Needless to say we enjoyed a wonderful meal with a pomegranate salad made by Aunt Taty.  (The boys have made ma promise that this will be on the menu next year)

It was so nice to have good food, good company, and a chance to give thanks for all those blessings that that Lord has given us.    

Blessings Tree

This last November I tried to have my family think of what they were thankful for rather than just a big meal and football for Thanksgiving.  All month we were each to fill out a leaf daily of blessings that we are thankful.  Although our tree started out looking a little sad by the end of the month we had a full tree of blessings.  

Crazy Hair Day

As part of Red Ribbon Week, Galm Elementary had cray hair day.  When you are a boy whose mom insists on the clean cut look there is only a few options for you.  Luckily, there is green hair color and hair gel for this style.