A Chesnutt Thanksgiving

Turkey??? Can you see it?

For sure, TURKEYS!!!

"What if your eyes get stuck like that?"

We headed to the Chesnutt's for a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING DAY!!

The kids and I tried to put together a veggie Turkey, if you use your imagination you can see it....right?

Caroline, Grandma, and Jesse

The beautiful table!

OH YUMMY!

A lovely table FULL! (Mrs. Chesnutt is hiding behind Jan!) We missed Uncle Rob...and Aunt Carol, and Uncle Jeff, and Drew, and Carly, and Aunt Janice & Uncle Johne, and Aunt Barbara....but we had them in our hearts!

And then the entertainment!

It was discovered that the children can do this but us adult's, with our oily noses, cannot place a spoon on our nose! Trust me, even though there are not pictures, everyone tried... =0)

We ended our meal with delicious pie & ice cream and of course Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving!

Thank you Chesnutt's for a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving day.

Can she bake a PECAN PIE Robbie boy?

Well, today was the day of my first pastry crust pie!

Days before I had done my research:

I contacted my Grandma, who makes a wonderful Pecan Pie.

I talked to my Mom, maker of excellent pie crust.

Then I called Maria, I won't tell you all what she said.

The last was my friend Erika, who added a secret touch!

I had my cheerleaders set: Rob, George, Mom #2, Jan, & Carol!

I felt ready to go!!!

Thanks everyone, this was a work for you all!

Gathering the supplies!

Making the crust.

After putting everything in the refrigerator

The first roll out!

Setting it into the pan

Tucking in the edges

"Roped" edge according to Better Homes & Garden.

The filling is poured in

Into the oven

The finished product!!!

Ready for Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!

The Aunts are back in town!

It was SOOO exciting to have the Aunts in town again. We LOVE this time because we see the 3 dear Rhode sisters having a WONDERFUL time together.

Before the Aunts left for Watoga, we were able to have them over to celebrate Mom and Aunt Janice's Birthday (a little late but it's fun to celebrate together!)

George was able to come for the evening as well. A lovely table full!

Rob did half the meal on the grill: Beer can chicken, grilled bread, and grilled veggies. I did the other half in the kitchen: Tuscan beans, salad, and Hummingbird Cake.

The birthday girls!

I LOVE having Rob home to help with the meal. He is WONDERFUL!

Cousin George and Aunt Barbara

About 2 weeks later..... after Mom and the Aunts had gone to Watoga State Park. The girls asked us if we would want to go to Cacapon with them for a couple of days. What a treat that was. We really missed not going to Watoga this year, Rob had to go to Denver for some meetings and I was working.

So we all packed our bags and headed out!

Dinner with the girls!

The evening was rainy but we found some games!

Mother vs Son!

The Aunts!

Mom!

The next morning was bright & sunny.

This is the lodge where we stayed and ate our meals.

We packed lunches and headed out.

What a WONDERFUL day.

From here you can see 4 states: PA, MA, VA, WV

Aunt Janice & Rob

The girls!

Finding out spot on the map.

Aunt Barbara and I decided to step back =0)

me & my Love!

The ladies

My hiking partner.

Yea, that's me.

The lodge.

It was a beautiful time.

Again, it was a wonderful time with the Aunts. We were SOOO thankful they were able to come again this year and that Rob could be home for most of their visit. It was FUN sharing our home with them, spending time laughing and telling stories, as well as the days in the mountains. As in the words of our dear Drew, "those are memory makers."

Updated HOME pics!

Just a few updated pictures of our home!

This is the view standing in front of the house looking up onto the front porch.

Turn and look to your right (North) you will see this covered area where we have the grill. The house in the background is our neighbor, Mrs. Madigan's house.

When you walk in the front door you enter into our living room. That is the wood stove we use to heat the cabin with. The door with the wreath leads out to a back porch room, we keep wood there.

Look to the right while standing in the living room and you see through to the dining room, that's what we call it anyway. Behind the couch is where we lift up the floor door to go down into the basement. In the left corner of this picture you can see the stairs that go up to the bedrooms and full bath.

This is the "water closet" or half bath located in the corner of the dining room.

Another view of the water closet! It is quite literately a closet, but hey it works for the needs!

Walking through the dining room will bring you into this, our cabin kitchen! Dishwasher, gas stove, refrigerator, microwave what else could you need???

And the right side (North- where the pots are hanging) side of the kitchen. The wall with the sign, "Hen House," is the west side of the cabin. This table is where we eat most of our meals.

Now upstairs.......

This view is at the top of the stairs looking down when you get to the bottom you turn to the left to go into the living room.

Standing at the top of the stairs and looking right you will see this room. This view is to the west side of the room. You can see the stove pipe on the left side of this picture, that goes down to the wood stove below. This room is directly above the living room.

This is other side of the room, the east side.

When you are at the top of the stairs and turn to the left you walk into a bedroom. We used this as our room. (This is the bedspread my dear dear friends, Tom & Kathy, made for us.)

In this view we are standing in the door way looking to the North. The ceiling is quite high in our bedroom, there is no attic in our room like is over the other room.

Walking into our bedroom you will find the full bathroom.

This is looking into the water closet.
Straight in at the stink!
And then to the left is the claw foot tub/shower!

Well, thanks for going on a little tour with me.

Our favorite place is, for sure, the front porch.

Stop by anytime, we would LOVE to show you around!