Thanksgiving #2 & Pie Night

Due to an Assistant Basketball Coach's crazy schedule- our new friend, Deanne completely missed Thanksgiving dinner. Her hubby's not here yet (He's coming from the West shortly after he finishes the semester) so she not only missed the dinner but is on her own for now. Well... from a Holiday Freak's perspective, that just isn't OK. LOL! So, even though she basically got back into town close to the midnight hour, we dragged her over for Thanksgiving Dinner Round 2. Actually, we made her drive over in a blizzard for it. Sorry 'bout that lady! To top it off she missed our exit and ended up in the middle of nowhere in the middle of a Fargo Blizzard. Nothing like initiation to becoming a Winter Fargonian! LOL!
Let me just say... YUMMMMY! Did I mention that I LOVE Thanksgiving dinner? I even tried my luck at my 1st turkey. Must say-- it was awesome! Even though the entire upstairs is decked out for Christmas, we did our best to make the basement as Fall-ish as possible. The Larsen's graced us with their presence as well. We are very thankful for such dear friends! (Kenzie was not exactly picture-ready and since Ryan blinked & she looked away- I'll respect her request for the dinner shot. LOL! Good thing I luv ya lady!)

After we stuffed our faces (quickly, I might add! Sorry about that Deanne LOL ;), we braved the cold weather over to the Larsens place for Pie Night. Also.. yummmmy! Not sure what we were thinking because we made 6 new pies. Let's just say, leftover pies are abundant at the Seamons house! Soooo good though! What a great night chillin' with Deanne, Larsens, Potters, & Roberts! So many things to be grateful for!

Yeah for Pie Night!

Long Live Pie Night!

Day of Gratitude Festivities

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving! We have so many things to be grateful for. We could make a never-ending list & still not touch on all that God has blessed us with. But just because this IS Thanksgiving a few of our favorite blessings are our Savior Jesus Christ, a loving Heavenly Father, a warm house [in Fargo- that's important! lol] family near & far, friends near & far as well, technology to stay in touch, health, the Restored Gospel, a free Country, bountiful amounts of food, beautiful white snow, auto-starts (well when we get one!), and making traditions with Holiday Partays!!!

We were so lucky to have some great friends join us for Thanksgiving. We had a full house for sure. Which is not really hard with our famous "cozy space issue" of our home. LOL! Our dear friends that joined us this year were the Ironroads (as our joint-custody states on Thanksgiving they belong to us), the McKees, the Potters, Kim Seiler & Rob Ironroad [Kim & Rob both came for dinner but left before I took group shots- they are in the dinner shots though- See below!] Thanks guys for spending your Holiday with us! We sure luv ya!

I can't even tell you how much I LOVE the Thanksgiving feast! I love it even more (if that was possible) when you have friends over and everyone shares in the food prep duties. LOL! Well everyone really outdid themselves. Brett made a magnificent Turkey! Best one yet- Sooooo GOOD! We also had an awesome ham, potatoes & gravy, 2 kinds of stuffing, home-made rolls with Turkey butter & jam, cranberry sauce, yams with pecans in a Turkey shape (yeah for Lisa!!!), pickle & olive tray, broccoli salad, green bean casserole, carrot/peas/corn, & pink salad. As far as pies are concerned (as if after that we had any space in our tummies for pie), we were supposed to have 3 but ended up with 8, I think! We had Pumpkin Pie [made by Liberty], Blueberry/Cream Cheese Pie [by Justice], Pumpkin rolls, Apple Pie, Coconut Cream, Banana Cream (to die for!), 2 French Silks, and lots of whoop cream! Full & happy are we! 

We cleared out the basement (Oh the joys of prep-work before a Partay) and filled it with friends and love and tables & lots of chairs! ! It's always comfy & cozy at the Seamons. Thanks be given to all our guests that make our live so rich! Thanks for coming everyone! 

After dinner- my photographic skills took a nap, I think. It's the only way to explain that I only took 29 pictures all night. And only 4 of them after dinner & group shots. Slacker... I know! But we had a fantastic time eating, visiting, laughing, joking and story-telling; playing & fighting on the Wii (thanks for being the Kindness Ref, Matt); letting the kids imagination go wild as they dressed up and played in the fort & the teepee [due to my brain-cramp there are NO pictures of this]; watching a little football; watching the Thanksgiving Charlie Brown movie; and enjoying each others company. What a fantastic Holiday!

 

Hope ya'll had a fabulous Thanksgiving!

All our love!

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before the rush of the day, the craziness of madly cleaning the house, the slaving in the kitchen, the decorating for the partay, the laughter & enjoyment of the guests, the stuffing ourselves til we pop, then eating a slice of pie anyways- just wanted to take a moment to say how truly blessed we are!

Thank you for being a part of our lives. You are truly a blessing to us!

All our Love on this

Magnificent Day of Gratitude!

May you always have a 

MILLION things

to be grateful for!

Enjoy the turkey!