Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was wonderful this year except for the fact that my brother Stevie was working out of town and his family didn't come this year.
We always go to mom and dad's for Thanksgiving.  Everyone brings a dish and mom makes the turkey with all the trimmings.  Of course she goes beyond that and makes pies and other banana bread, etc.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving an hour earlier than usual.  We were all to be there at noon and for some reason, Allen, Brenda and I made it with only four minutes to spare.  We brought the veggie tray and coleslaw.  Allen tried something new and added pineapple and apples to the coleslaw and it was surprisingly good.
It's always so much fun to see all the nieces and nephews together talking and playing with each other.  I just love it.  I remember all the fun times I had with my cousins when they used to come over.  I'm happy mom is still able to put it all together for us. 
We did try to change that one year so mom and dad wouldn't have so much work to do and had everyone here but as my brothers and sisters said, it wasn't the same as being at the farm.
Now instead we try to make things easier for mom.  This year we wouldn't even let her come in the kitchen when it was time for cleanup.  (She told my husband that she felt useless not doing anything..smiles.)  We took down the extra table and chairs and Dylan (Roy's boy and Billy, Karen't boy) took them to the basement. 
I am so thankful that my family still gets together like that. 
Tina (my daughter), Greg, and Jade (my granddaughter) were supposed to come Thanksgiving evening but of course the weather ruined those plans.  We just postponed it to a later time and will have them over for a nice meal.
Oh, my one downfall at mom and dad's was that my camera messed up and didn't save the pictures correctly.  I see they are there but they won't open.  Brandie (Roy's daugher) was nice enough to take pics for me, which she does every holiday she is there and I felt bad that she wasted the time for nothing.  So hopefully Roy will send me his so I can make the yearly family calendar with some of the pictures.
Today, I made a Bruche'.  It's like a jelly roll sort of but is a chocolate cake rolled up and filled with a mixture of cream cheese, peanut butter and powerded sugar.  The filling is also put on the outside of the cake.  It melts in your mouth I'm telling you.  Not only that it is a work of art to look at......grins.  It does take a little to make the batter itself.  You have to have three different bowls and believe it or not you whip egg whites like they are for a meringue.
I can't wait to taste it.  Yummy!