AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

At the last minute the mandate was all changed to only five people over your household number were to gather.  Well...too late.  People were already on their way to Kathy's.  So fine us.  We were all double vaxxed and total rule followers....before this week end.  The real purpose of this past week end wasn't Thanksgiving, it was giving Dad a new headstone and burying mom's ashes with him.

We had a most successful and fantastic time.  It went off exactly the way we planned.  Most of us gathered Friday night and spent Saturday cooking and seeing unrelated friends and a girl trip to the mall and some hot tubbing and later in the evening some awesome djaying in the living room by BradleyBe.

The turkey was cooked in one of those turkey roasters you plug in.  I have owned that thing for many many years.  I was thinking of buying a new shiny one with more options than 350 to 450 degrees, but on the outside they are the same size.  But if you lift the lid and look they have totally downsized them!  I can fit a 25 pound turkey in mine.  You wouldn't be able to fit a twelve pounder in the new ones.  And that def will not cut it.

Anyway the turkey was delicious, there was a ton of stuffing, delicious candied yams, cheesy Brussels, delicious green bean casserole, turnip poof, cheesy mashed potatoes, cranberry, gravy and pumpkin pie. And the most bestest pickled beets...by Kathy.  Seventeen people to the table.  There was a lot of laughter and stories and one by one individually stated reasons to be thankful.  It was lovely, all the way around.

The next day we all headed off to Hulcar, Armstrong  cemetery.  As the pics below will show (probably not in order but you folks have big smarts and can figure out the supposed to be order) we all arrived and set to work cleaning, moving the old headstone, installing the new and burying Mom in a very deep prepared by the gravedigger hole  ON TOP of dad.  She would have loved that and Dad would not have minded a bit!!  Lol!!!

The whole afternoon was just amazing.  You would think with that many rellies in close contact for three days there would be some kind of drama.  Actually there was one incident but I can't write about it here. Eventually everybody finds a blog and reads it.  Can't have that now!!!!

BradleyBe was IN THE HOUSE!!!!!  He set up his equipment and did his Twitch djay show from Kathy's front room.  It was totally awesome!!!  There was dancing and drinking and more dancing.  But Anne and I went home.  We were super tired.

I left Tuesday morning and had a fantastic easy trip to April's.  And that is where I am as we speak.  I think I will stop this here to accommodate a few extra pics.  Just let me finish with saying it was a fantastic amazing thanksgiving and send off to Mom.  Here are a few pics.....

AUNTY ANNE AND ME

THE WHOLE CREW

L-R..BRADLEYBE/MYLES/APRIL/ELISE/KEVIN

IT WAS FREEZING

US THREE KIDS..I AM HOLDING MOM

INTO THE HOLE SHE GOES

PUT

STOMPING DOWN THE DIRT

AINSLEY EATING ELISE'S BIRTHDAY CAKE

KATHY LEANING DOWN TO STRAIGHTEN MOM IN THE HOLE

OUR LEFT OVERS DINNER

THIS STUPID BLOGSPOT WOULDNT LET ME MAKE COMMENTS.  THESE ARE PICS OF KEVIN AND THE GRANDCHILDREN.  NOT THE BEST BUT THE ONLY ONES I HAVE.  ALSO BRADLEYBE GIVING DOROTHY A DJAYING LESSON.