Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We've been playing Christmas Carols and watching Christmas movies alllllllllllll day long! I love it!!

Acelia made the pies this year and they were amazing!! Homemade chocolate cream pie and a pumpkin one!! She is in charge of pies from now on!

An early morning hunt for the guys produced this doe....

Congratulations Deano!!

The guys were up at the crack of dawn so they were a little tired this afternoon. 

Becka was able to join us this year for Thanksgiving.  

Beautiful girls!

Scott relaxing and reading an AMAZING book!

Our table was decorated with a table cloth and napkins from my great grandmother and dishes from my mom.  Acelia did a little research and found the proper way to set the table.  It was beautiful!

Still snoring......

.....and snoring....

A very interesting sunset......

The farm is growing......

Farmer Scott is going off the deep end and collecting cows!

This is one of the latest editions.....Humphrey

He's a bull!

He's Scott's pet

The other cows were checking him out....

Eleanor....she's my favorite!

We welcomed "The Three Little Pigs"

The biggest one is Thelma Lou, then Barney, then (obviously) Elephant!

We've been introducing Humphrey to all kinds of things.  He and David were outside kicking around this basket ball.

Whirlwind weekend!

It's been a while since I've been here on my blog.  I've been cooking up a storm, and though I'm not responsible for Sandy, my kitchen over the weekend looked like it took a direct hit!!

My oldest turned 20!!! Unbelievable!!

We entertained friends Friday night and had lobster with potato salad and cole slaw that I made with the potatoes, cabbage and carrots I grew! It is so satisfying when I can run to the barn and grab a few fresh vegetables and make something.  I need to catalog those times and remember them when hard work begins in the spring! 

So with all the talk of Sandy and 7 teenagers in the house, I set to work cooking!

I made these homemade marshmallows! It was the first time I ever made these and they were a hit!! 

Acelia had requested more for her hot chocolate! Maybe I'll surprise her and make peppermint ones!

I absolutely love "Life Beautiful" magazine and this month there was a big article on a lovely woman who bakes cakes for people and events.  She doesn't do it for money but because she loves to!  I made Dean this Red Velvet cake for his birthday from scratch! 

Saturday morning, I made these Starbucks Pumpkin muffins, I'll be posting the recipe soon! Perfect before everyone left to go hunting.  I was able to take a short break and have a cup of tea and read my favorite blogs!

Next up on the cooking list was this cranberry apple crisp!  Not too sweet! Just perfect!

I also made chili , (using the meat from Acelia's deer) and some cornbread!  We were well stocked on food and sweets if we lost power during Sandy.   We did lose power, but only for a couple of hours.