Pies

Each year at Thanksgiving it's my very own tradition to make two pies . . .

lemon meringue and pecan.

There are a couple of people who love these;

Gary, Rick's dad, loves the lemon pie

and Truman, my 13-year-old, loves the pecan.

I like them too!!

A lot.

Forget about pumpkin pie.

The texture is all wrong.

A Prescott Thanksgiving

Ever other year the Tiptons get together for Thanksgiving.

It's a tradition.

This was the odd year.

Still, some of us Tiptons got together.

The Hancocks, my family, hasn't had a Thanksgiving together in years.

Heather, our hostess, opened up her home and kitchen to us.

The kids helped a lot.  Chelsea and Cole cut up a bunch of shallots.

Their eyes hurt.  Burned is more like it.

We had two turkeys.

One in the deep fryer.

The other cooked the traditional way in the oven.

Both were delicious.

The fryer got a lot of attention.

When you have to use protective eye wear and silicone gloves to cook your meal,

you better be thankful no one got hurt but the turkey.

The finished product.

Notice how it took three grown men to complete the process?

Rick, Jay and Mark, Heather's dad.

We put Max and Jonathan to work peeling potatoes.

They were happy to help. Honest.

Heather, me and Janet. 

Lots of food and fun.

The kids' table.

The adult table - although that could be questioned.

My favorite part of the event was when Heather's friend brought over her homemade caramels.

They.are.devine!

They're called Black Crow Caramels.

Lucious.

Oliver

Emily was Mrs. Bumble for the play, Oliver!

It was fun watching her being mean.

The play was produced by Don Bluth.

He's had a lot of success in the business.

Anastasia is one of his movies.

He happens to live in her ward.

Bama, Emily and Janet.  The two grandmas.

Family came to support her.  It was enjoyed by all.

Two of her aunts came.  I think they had a good time.

Her parents had fun too.

They're delivered!

Cole is delivering the baskets of stockings to A New Leaf.

Some of the loot.

This is Hedi.  She was Cole's contact throughout the process.

The V.P. of A New Leaf was there too.

Both women were so happy and thanked Cole many times for his Eagle Project.

A New Leaf

Cole is giving the stuffing directions to the group.

Cole's Eagle is well under way.  He got a lot of items donated for the stockings as well as

money to purchase any needed items.

One night a couple of weeks ago, Cole got his Young Mens and Young Womens

groups together to help stuff the stockings.

Halloween

We carved pumpkins on Halloween night. 

Can't say it's my favorite part of Halloween.

It is a tradition, so sacrifices were made.

Pumpkin seeds collected and made into delicious treats.

Big brother, Cole, helping make the pumpkin look a little better.

Quinn, a ninja (once again), with the pumpkins before the Trick-or-Treating.

After this picture, Truman turned himself into some kind of scary thing with make-up.

He tried desperately to have a costume without a shirt, to display his muscles you know.

His parents wouldn't let him go around without a shirt.

Silly boy.

Bell Peppers?

The other day I put out these decorative pumpkins in my living room.  My mother, the one that lives with me, said, "Is that a bell pepper or a pumpkin decoration?"  I guess two pumpkins and a bell pepper screams Fall to her . . . .