T-Day2013

Food...Family....and Fun...that is what Thanksgiving is all about.

We started out the day with our annual hike...this year we went to the Stanford Dish. 

Matt and Adeline

It was wonderful to take in the fresh air on a  most beautiful sunny day. You can see things are quite dry around here still...we need rain....lots of it.

Matt and Adeline
Here is everybody sans Matt....he's our photographer. 
Love the backdrop of the California Oak behind us.

Came home and made rolls (I always use the Lion House roll recipe ... it makes the best) and Ina Garten's Ginger cupcakes .

My sister Martha hosted our family gathering and had her home decked out in full autumnal decor. Earlier in the week I put together these arrangement for our centerpiece.


This is my favorite:



She even decorated to welcome the newest member of our family.

Matt and Adeline

The crowning jewel of the evening of course is the food.  Everybody brought a dish to share.

The spread

Potatoes made my Sophie

Here we are all ready to devour.  So grateful for this bunch.

Matt and Adeline

We had to take a bit of a breather after such a scrumptious meal, so the Iphones came out.  So much fun to text and facetime with family who are not with us. We are in the 21st century for sure!

To top off a most wonderful day, we had a scrumptious pumpkin pie made by Adeline...apple pie made by Ms. Costco and my ginger cupcakes.

Matt and Adeline

Hope your day was filled with lots of food .... family.... and fun.