Safe and Ready

Our flight arrived a little early but Patty was right there to pick us up outside the baggage claim area at around 10:45 AM local time. We had a super day catching up on things with the boys and getting a few last minute items for the big meal today. Mark was busy working with Austin to complete the deal for the new Jeep that was promised to him following his graduation from Western Michigan University. I took some photos of the activity before the big day today.

This is one of Mike (visiting for a couple hours) with Brandon in the kitchen:

And these two shots of the girls getting things together for the meal. Josie did a couple arrangements for the two tables we will have set for the meal, and Patty was getting "Tom" ready:

I said it before - 25 pounds is a HUGE turkey.

This final shot from this morning shows all the activity in the kitchen:

The final count for dinner guests today is 17 the last I heard. I will make the "special" Holiday Eggnog for everybody to enjoy.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! ...