Thanksgiving 2010

For the first time in many years,

Thanksgiving was with the Riker side of the family.

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The food was wonderful.

Jillian was sick throughout the night, but we brought her along anyway. She took it easy on the couch and was very happy to be with everyone.

My dad made a homemade game called Crokinole that was a hit!

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Doing a puzzle has been a Riker tradition forever. We usually start one on Thanksgiving, and keep doing ones through Christmas.

So I brought one of my Christensen puzzles- and I went easy this year, choosing a 500 piece, vs my 1000 or 1500 piece ones! Ha!

Josh and Donna first helped Lucy do her Hello Kitty one, then started this one.

(Josh loves showing off his "Cleatus face")

We did it!!

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We all have so much to be thankful for.

Family, good food, fun traditions and laughter are pretty high up on my list!!

A Sweet Season of Gratitude

This year the girls helped me make sugar cookies, and Lucy and I decorated them.

These were fun little turkeys to bring to Thanksgiving.

I'm thankful for mother-daughter time!

Yum!

Hosting Turkey Day

Here's the Rikers of Rochester (with a visiting Marty from northern CA) at the Davis house for Thanksgiving. It was very nice....and yummy.

So here's the story...

We wanted to roast the turkey on the rotisserie and had a nice recipe for it.

what did we learn?

1. A 19 lb turkey does NOT completely thaw in 3 days.

2. A 19 lb turkey does NOT fit on a grill rotisserie.

3. The grill lid WILL leave nasty black char on a nicely rubbed 19 lb turkey.

4. Convection ovens can and do save the day.