Thanksgiving!

Both Teri and I are excited about Thanksgiving this year...we are hosting the ever-expanding gathering and pleased as pie to be doing so!

Last year we spent Thanksgiving apart and even though our commitment was fairly young, we vowed that we would never spend a major holiday apart again so this is technically, our first joint Thanksgiving. Once we decided to cook, we started putting some invites out there and began letting people know that we were hosting. The current guest list is hovering around 15, 16 people and will likely be closer to twenty. Woot! Woot!

Our two-bedroom bungalow is small...yes indeed...and we do not actually have a separate dining room (we have a little utility room that we use as a breakfast nook but that is about it) so we have been doing some creative planning around how and where to fit and feed that many people but it has been such a fun challenge. As Teri said, everyone knows where we live so they know what they are getting into and STILL, there is interest in wandering over.

We have plans for pies, a couple roast turkeys and a ham--along with all the trimmings. Mostly, we are excited that we will have such a unique collection of family, friends, exes and others gathering to share the day. We feel blessed and tickled that our "Normal Rockwell" Thanksgiving will be all about breaking down barriers and expectations and just being open and hospitable. As we've watched the plans for the day expand, there has been another interesting development: the "after" party. There are several people who have lamented that they can't make it for the feast but could they stop by later that evening or the next day for pie and coffee? Of course...we'll have plenty, the door is open...and my goodness do we have some major abundance to be thankful for!