Thanksgiving is over and the biggest shopping day of the year is today!  Did you go shopping!  Did you get any great deals!!!   I didn't get any deals because, I decided a long time ago, after all the horror stories of the day after Thanksgiving, that I would not go shopping that day! 

The boys and I spent the day yesterday, with my cousin's in-laws!  It was fun, the boys called them Grandpa and Grandma all day!    They made apple butter, so I went about 8:45 so I could help get the apples cut up.  It didn't really take us that long, we were done cutting by about 10:30 and it was just me, my cousin's wife and her mom.  The boys played outside and Berylac was even stirring the apple butter for a while! He did a great job for a 4 year old! They cooked it outside in a copper kettle and stirred it with a big wooden paddle.

  After we did the apples, I helped get lunch ready and took pictures outside of the kids in the wood trailer.  "Grandpa"  took them in the wagon to get wood for the fire, they had such a ball! 

For lunch we had Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry mousse (see recipe at bottom of post), mixed vegetables, bread, pumpkin and pecan pies.  It was so good!  They wanted to try my Mom's dressing recipe, so I can home and got it and they made that!  Dressing is always my favorite part of the meal!  The cranberry mousse was next and the pies next.  Turkey is okay, I like it, but not the highlight of the day! 

After lunch, we cleaned up and went out to fill the jars with Apple Butter.  We took pictures of all the kids on the handle stirring the apple butter!

We had to leave a little before 3 to pick Todo up.  He had to work and of course he had to go to Indianapolis!  It's about 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive.  So he didn't get to join us.  But we're going to have our Thanksgiving Turkey and all the fixings Sunday for Lunch!  I'm looking forward to cooking it all again!  It won't be as much as last year because we're not having company this year, it will just be us four, but who says we can't still have Thanksgiving!

So, hope you all had a wonderful day.  I pray God will bless and touch those who don't have family and can't enjoy the bounty of harvest we have been so blessed with.  We need to keep them in our prayers and help out as much as we can! 

30 days till Christmas!

Cranberry Mousse

1 (6 oz) pkg. cranberry, raspberry or strawberry jello

1 c. boiling water

1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple

1 (16 oz) can whole berry Cranberry sauce

3 Tbsp. lemon juice

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp lemon zest

2 c. sour cream

Dissolve jello, drain pineapple, set aside pineapple and add juice to jello.  Stir in cranberry sauce, lemon juice, nutmeg and zest.  Chill till mixture thickens.  Fold in sour cream and pineapple.  Pour into a glass serving dish or a greased 9c. mold.  Chill until set.  At least 2 hours.  Serves about 16