What a wonderful Thanksgiving it was today. My Dh found a fresh turkey for us late last night. It cooked up beautiful!

I can’t seem to find the after picture, so will just share the before picture for now.

It was stuffed with chili peppers, onions and limes. YUM!

We also had my daughters birthday party today. There were 19 of us here today! WOW!

Here is my little princess. Bestill me heart….

She ended up getting baby dolls, barbies,clothes, 22 dollars,a craft set,books and some playdoh!

Dinner and dessert went well and the whole house was cleaned by 6pm.

That was a first. We have 2 refigerators and 3 freezers filled with left overs. My mother in law cooked so much and left it for us. I also cooked a whole lot,as did my daughters.

After dinner we got to witness to some of DH’s brothers and one of his brothers brought his new girl friend over and she was very interested on what the bible says about salvation.

On a another family note..My 20 year old niece just got her first job. It is at Target and she really likes it. She quit school nearly 4 years ago and has been taking an extended vacation since then. She wants to be a pastry chef and is saving for schooling. She just got her GED a few months back.

Her sister who is 16 just applied to Princeton and is really hoping they except her. She feels confident that they will.

It is ironic that both girls want to move to PA. LOL

What else? I heard from my mother anf Father today. My mother just became a member of a Nazerene church and has rededicated herself to Christ! Praise the LORD!

My father is not doing too good. He is going through a horrible divorce. He has spent the last 13 years with an alcoholic abusive wife who has manged to put his nearly 50 thousand dollars in depth. He is beside himself with worry. Please pray for him.

That is it for now..must get to bed..We are getting up early to hit the sales. My sister in law wants to go shopping with me so I can show her what the kids need for Christmas. Kohles opens at 4am! Walmart at 5am!

Hope you all had a blessed day!

1 bag cranberries, rinsed
Juice from a lemon
3 ripe persimmons, peeled and diced
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp of sea salt

Fresh Rosemary spring (optional)

Add all ingredients to a saucepan. Stir. Place pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium and cook for about 15 minutes or until the cranberries burst, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and allow cranberry sauce to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Now I need to look for some pecan recipes. Pecan pie is just too rich. Our pastor has 1000’s of ripe pecans all over the ground from his trees. We had fun munching them raw yesterday. I cringe that we spent 8 dollars for a bag last month at Sams!!

Glorious Christmas Punch
 
      1    3 oz. pkg. cherry gelatin
      1 c  Boiling water
      1    6 oz. can frozen lemonade
      3 c  Cold water
      1 qt Cranberry juice cocktail
      1    12 oz. bottle ginger ale,
           
  Dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in lemonade. Add cold water
  and cranberry juice.  Place colored ice tray made from a angel food pan in the punch
  bowl; pour punch over ice. Pour in ginger-ale.