Thanksgiving 2021 - At Home with Grandma Alice and Grandpa Rick

 

Thanksgiving this year wasn't according to plan, but the weather was absolutely beautiful and we had a great day. Grandma and Grandpa came over around noon and we warmed up our Thanksgiving feast and ate it in the early afternoon. We'd been planning to go to Palmetto Bluff and Grandma and Grandpa had a cruise they were booked on, but that was all canceled with my health scare. Since we had to cancel our plans last minute, there were not many options for Thanksgiving Day in town. We knew we wanted some turkey, but were pretty flexible otherwise. Andrea found that Mojo's (a BBQ place) had some great takeout options and she picked up our food on Wednesday. We heated everything up on Thursday and Grandma Alice brought over a green bean casserole as well. For our meal we had smoked turkey, chopped beef brisket, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, baked beans, coleslaw, sweet tea from Chick-Fil-A, and a veggie platter. For dessert we got two big honking pies from Costco. Andrea and I had been shopping a few days before and they were giving out samples of each and we were blown away by how good they were, but also the size (huge) and the cost ($10 for the apple pie and $6 for the pumpkin). 

During dinner, I had everyone go around the table to rank their favorite foods and I recorded the answers. After dessert I had to revise slightly since the pies made it on some of the lists.

Connor:

1. Mashed Potatoes
2. Sweet tea
3. Green Bean Casserole

Paige: 

1. Mashed Potatoes
2. Apple pie
3. Green bean casserole 

Andrea

1. Pumpkin pie
2. BBQ sandwich 
3. Green bean casserole 

Mom

1. Mashed Potatoes 
2. BBQ
3. Green bean casserole
4. Apple pie

Dad

1. Turkey & brisket together 
2. Mashed potatoes 
3. Fresh veggies with ranch dip

Shawn

1. Mashed Potatoes
2. Apple pie
3. BBQ
4. Green Bean Casserole

After dinner we had a pretty chill day. We watched the Lions play the Bears, watched the dog show, I fell asleep for a bit on the couch, and in the evening we took a walk with Millie on golf course. After our walk we decided to have Paige drive Grandma, Grandpa, and myself in the golf cart to one of the houses in the North Island that are under construction. I knew there wouldn't be workers on Thanksgiving, so before we ran out of daylight we explored the house to check on the progress and to show Grandma and Grandpa. 

Grandma and Grandpa had to go home once it got dark so they could let their dogs out. I'm thankful for our day and that everyone was healthy and able to be together.