Thanksgiving Dinner

We celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday because my brother had to work Thanksgiving day. He and his family drove over on Friday afternoon and we had dinner around 2:30pm. His wife left that evening and drove back home, but Stewart stayed with the kids all weekend long.

For Thanksgiving dinner, Gropius roasted a turkey breast and a spiral-sliced ham. I made clover-leaf rolls, bundles of green beans (wrapped in bacon and roasted in butter and brown sugar), and marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes. Mom made my grandmother's famous fruit salad, kernel corn, and stove-top dressing. And we also had jellied cranberry sauce (for my father) and an olive tray (for my brother).

Turkey


Dinner Table


Sweet Potatoes (with a streusel topping on one end for Gropius)

Spiral-Sliced Ham

Stouffer's Stove-Top Dressing


WV Wine (we brought it down with us two years ago but Mom couldn't drink it due to chemo/radiation therapy--she liked it though!)


My niece and nephew had cut-up wienies, corn, shredded cheese, and mustard. My nephew had coffee to drink with his meal. I think my niece had Tang? We put them at their own special place-settings at the bar behind the table.



After dinner was through, my sister-in-law lay around while Gropius, Mom, and I put away the leftovers and washed dishes. My brother herded his children and my father and grandfather sat and watched college football.