Thanksgiving

This year we headed down to Missouri for Thanksgiving at Justin's Grandma's home. It was a wonderful long weekend full of family and many friendly faces. At times, we had over 30 people there! Her house was definetly packed, and we had a great time visiting with everyone...what a wonderful family I married into! On Friday, some of us got up and went out in the wee hours of the morning for black Friday shopping....and man was it worth it! We got some great deals. The rest of the family helped around the house. They live on a "farm" so there is always work to do. Some of the family built a retaining wall along the side of the house and raked and burned leaves on her huge property to prepare for winter. The weather was beautiful! It reached 60 degrees and was a nice change from our chilly weather here at home. Justin's Grandma is an amazing cook and our meals were delicious. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, cheesy potatoes, sweet potatoes, homemade stuffing, real cranberries, green beans, jello salads, homemade bread, homemade apricot jam & apple butter, chicken breast and yummy beef brisket, to name a few! She also made homemade sweet rolls, pumpkin and apple pies. And then there was Joker. The favorite game of the Feldkamp family! we played and played and played until it was almost morning some nights. We had a great time sitting and talking with one another and enjoying the company. We were sad to leave on Sunday! It was a successful trip :)