Thanksgiving Squirrel?

Thanksgiving was a little smaller than most years with several of the long distance relatives unable to make it. Outside of immediate family was Lavern, Verna Mae, Kellie, Kally Mae and Suzy. Verna Mae had only gotten out of the hospital a few days ago. She has been battling a stomach ulcer that was the result of medication from blood thinners that were the result of a blood clot that went to her heart that resulted from her having surgery. Whew, she has had a rough time this fall.
Thanksgiving was held in Melinda’s newly renovated kitchen. A typical year, we eat around 1:30 to 2:00. This year Tom turkey wasn’t even close to done by 2:00. We had a lot of hungry people and couldn’t keep waiting. We enjoyed all the thanksgiving fixins, minus the turkey. We had squirrel. Yes, I did say squirrel. Ferrari’s brought some squirrel meat that was going to be set out for anyone to try, well since that was the only meat, everyone had some. The favorites are always Melinda’s butter horn rolls, Karen’s homemade noodles, and the mashed potatoes and gravy. After stuffing our bellies we all sit around and visit. A few went for a tour of the big shop.

Around 4:00 the turkey was done and Luke couldn’t wait to get a piece. He kept asking when he could have some turkey. He asked every 20 minutes for 2 hours. Finally at 6:00, it was decided to dig in to another round of thanksgiving food, this time with the turkey. Luke stood and watched and waited patiently while the turkey was carved. Late in the evening, we headed home and I had all the kids, Jaynie, Ryile, and Maggie spent the night.

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Volleyball

Jake went with Karen after school and to the field. My mom, Luke and I went to Jayden’s Volleyball game in Coon Rapids. They played 4 games all losses. They were not having a good serving night and that really hurt them. Still enjoy watching them learn.

Treasures

In the morning we took 3 of our 4 cats to the vet for shots. The 4 th cat decided to wander this morning missing his appointment. On our way out, we passed a rummage sale and stopped. We got some major treasures for next to nothing. The church ladies were so fascinated with Jacob's interest in old radios and televisions. They just adored him and marked the prices way down and gave him some for free. We loaded up on kids books, got some board games, and a few other treasures. Jake ended up with a mini television , an old radio and Polaroid camera. After lunch the boys went straight to the field. My friend Carolyn and her daughter Tabby came to ride horses. What started out to be a chilly day 45, turned out nice and sunny. We had coats on, but it was a great day to ride. We rode through our hay patch and along the waterway near the highway. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Dayton Fun Show

It has been cold and windy for the past week, highs of 45. Today the sun was shinning and it got up to 60. There was one final horse show for the season at the Dayton arena. We took Jayden and Jacob while Luke went with Grammer and Po and was supposed to come later. It was a fun show geared for practice and the kids. Jake did really well on Winnie, he rode in walk and trot, barrels, and poles. He did some loping. Jayden did pleasure, milk can, barrels, poles, and a jumping event. Her horse Tex really jumps high for the jump event. Down in the arena, there was'nt any wind and the sun came out. It made for a nice day.

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