Missouri or bust! Thanksgiving 2009

My niece Mary.

My nephew Karl.

On Wednesday Karl and Mary made the 12 hour trek from Ohio to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with us. Little did they know what was in store for them. Thursday was the big holiday meal at Tom and Diane's house.

Big smile as Tom carves the turkey.

Diane shows off all the good eats for dinner.

Nancy wants her photo stiring the gravy as she does every year so people think she did all the cooking.

 

Diane and I made Pilgram hats for the table with name tags.

The best part was after dinner you could eat the hat!

After dinner some of us went over to the barn to check out the farm and some of those green tractors.

Mary and Karl share a love of the big green tractor.

Karl checking out all the equipment.

Game day. Steelers X Chiefs

Nancy and her brother Dave at Arrowhead Stadium.

Rob and Kristen cooking up some tailgate goodness. Are you ready for some football!

Nancy playing a game of washers before the game.

The Chief's and Steelers duke it out. To both Nancy and Dave's dismay the Steelers loose to the KC Chiefs.

For Dave it was bittersweet, he is a Steelers and Chief's fan.

Meal of the month.

BEEF BURUNDY

Denise Friel Beck

1-1/2 lb. stew beef cut into 1 inch pieces

1 can golden mushroom soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 package onion soup mix

1 can sliced mushrooms

1/2 cup burgundy wine

Mix all ingredients in a covered casserole. Bake at 300* for 3 hours.

Serve over noodles or rice.

It is baking in the oven as I write. ENJOY!

Cats and Dog?

Morgan has two new playmates. Our next door neighbors have two new kittens that Morgan has been keeping an eye on for the last month or so. The all Black one likes to play with Morgan. As of late, the two of them have come over to hang out on our deck. Note: Shadow also belongs to these neighbors. So far everyone is getting along fine. I was worried Morgan would think they were a snack!

Get - er - done.

Due to all the wet weather here in the Midwest, or the "Middle" as some are calling it, Tom And Travis have been working double time trying to harvest the last of the corn and soybeans. I am happy to report that as of Friday afternoon the Combine can be put to rest for the season.

I guess Allis will see more of them now and maybe she will get more dog bones!

Happy Birthday Nancy!

Morgan reads the card.

OMG it's a Wii!

One happy girl.

After 2 years of  dreaming of a Wii, Nancy gets her wish!

Hey Courtney, Wii tourney at Christmas, get ready.

BOO!

Better Homes and Gardens had patterns online for dog faces to carve in your pumpkin.

This beagle pattern looks just like Morgan.

I had a pattern for a golden (Like Shadow) but after doing the beagle I carved a second traditional one because it was too much work!

I also had to do a traditional one.