Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is so much fun for me.  I love the cooking and the chaos!  This year we had our "Florida Family", The Bests over.  A couple of years ago we found out that Scott and Michelle Best are the 5th cousins.  Since most of their family is in Utah and our closest family is in Gainsville (4 1/2 hours north) it is nice to have some "family" close!  Now for the pictures of the awesome food!!!!!

 

Homemade rolls, broiled green beans, homemade cranberry sauce, turkey,

sweet potato casserole & deviled eggs

  

I love this cutting board.  My hubby and brother-in-law made this for my birthday one year - beautiful!

(And you thought I was going to say something about that gorgeous bird!)

These are the Best kids - get it!  Seriously we love you guys!

Happy Birthday Hiram!

Hiram is the most helpful 4 year old I know. He is always ready to open a door for his Mama, sweep the floor, water the garden or get Bailey dressed. I'm not sure what I did without him. Hiram has a great work ethic that he gets from his Papa and also enjoys his alone time like his Mama - I couldn't ask for a better guy :)

So this year Hiram had four birthday requests - #1 a balloon, #2 a doughnut, #3 cotton candy and #4 a party blower. So above you can see the balloon and the party blower is in the pocket. The doughnuts came for breakfast on the morning of his birthday and the cotton candy (he had never had any before) came later in the evening when Scott took him to a carnival up the road. He would have been totally happy with just those four. (See why I love this guy!)

However since I am such a nice Mama I also made him browine cupcakes with chocolate frosting and sprinkles - I think he liked them a little :)

The haul:
Balloon - $1
Party blower - 8 for $1, we used two so $0.25 (we will save the rest for other birthdays)
Doughnuts - $2
Cotton candy - $4 (that is what we get for buying it at a carnival)
Denim bean bag - $0.25 (thrift store had the cover, Scott and I shredded styrofoam blocks for the beans)
Denim bed skirt - $1 (thrift store)
Up movie - FREE (coupons + rebates)
Octopus - $0.25 (Walgreens clearance)
Tool box - FREE (Grandma Cindie got it at an auction for free)

Grand total - $8.75
(Next year he can buy his own cotton candy!)