The next day was the main event. Sarah and Ed rose early ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060883 and chose a gift to bring to their dinner ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060884 as Suzanne took her coffee ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060885 and breakfast was served ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060886 though we skipped the soy sauce left over from the night before. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060887 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060888 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060889 Ed ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060890 and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060891 enjoyed their breakfast before the bags were gathered ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060892 and Ed and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060893 got into the car and drove to Baltimore. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060894

Soon after, Ben got up and greeted Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060895 as the pie crust formed ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060896 and a flour covered Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060897 studied the pie crust instructions ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060898 taking a stirring break ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060899 and cleaning the potatoes ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060900 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060901 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060902 before returning to the task of crust construction, scissors and all ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060903 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060904 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060905 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060906 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060907 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060908 even as the chocolate was melting ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060909 the syrup was being gathered by the flour covered cook ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060910 and displayed ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060911 before being used with the pecans ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060912 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060913 to make the pecan pie ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060914 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060915 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060916 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060917 that made its way into the over ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060918 as Jane was awakened ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060919 and came back to see finished pies ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060920 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060921 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060922 and stuffing. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060923

Next we gathered the food into our trunk ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060924 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060925 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060926 for the journey to the Kramers where the appetizers were already being served ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060927 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060928 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060929 and Rory ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060930 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060931 and Josh and Rene ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060932 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060933 watched as Peter spoke to Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060934 and Ben to Jane ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060935 until the three of them were willing to raise their heads to the camera ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060936 as Seva removed dishes from the oven ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060937 and eggnog was served before the main event. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060938 Once the turkey was ready ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060939 we gathered at the table in stages ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060940 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060941 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060942 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060943 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060944 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060945 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060946 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060947 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060948 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060949 and I took this self portrait to complete the group. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060950 The soup ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060951 excited those on my side of the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060952 as my plate ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060953 and those of my neighbors ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060954 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060955 were set and ready to join the wines ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060956 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060957 while Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060958 Peter ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060959 Rory and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060960 Seva ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060961 and Rene gathered in conversation. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060962

After dinner, we took the tour of the new bathrooms ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060963 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060964 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060965 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060966 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060967 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060968 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060969 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060970 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060971 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060972 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060973 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060974 before my cell phone was used ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060975 and Ben and I ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060976 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060977 led the way to the Justs where Lee ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060978 Steven ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060979 Richard ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060980 Jessie ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060981 and Judy ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060982 welcomed us to a dessert extravaganza ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060983 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060984 complete with birthday cake ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060985 and my serving looked like so before we said good bye to the lovely Thanksgiving of 2006. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.22-23.06Thanksgiving//P1060986