Success!

I have a picture for the Christmas cards - hooray! Here it is.....the girls were goofing around with the reindeer headbands and we got this cute picture. Quinn was especially loving it...

We had a great Thanksgiving. We had Matt's parents, my Mom and Steve, Sharon and Dylan, Dave and Sue and the three kids, and Uncle Bob.

Olivia wanted to make this sign for the table - it says "The Thankfulness Table". She also made all the place cards.

I made mashed potatoes and couldn't find the bay leaf I boiled with them. I did end up finding it in the pot - it stuck to the side when I drained them. I thought that I would kill someone by leaving it in....here's what Wikipedia has to say about that....

Facts
Mountain laurel leaves are poisonous to certain livestock and are not sold anywhere as a culinary herb (Britannica). This has led to the mistaken belief that bay leaves should be removed from food after cooking because they might poison humans. Bay leaves are safe to eat. However, a person may accidentally swallow a leaf; and since the leaves remain stiff, even after several hours of cooking, it may cause general injuries in the throat.

I hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving too.