Happy Thanksgiving Monday!
Thank you for your amazing comments on my Project Food Blog Challenge #4 post yesterday! If you enjoyed my post and want to see me make it to the next round I would appreciate your vote (you click the heart). I have a fun idea for challenge #5 so I am crossing my fingers big time.
Where did I leave off before the last challenge consumed my life? lol. Oh yes, I was enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving at my in laws. :)
Their house is a century home from the 1800’s. They added on a new extension several years ago. This below is the original stone wall that used to be the outside of the house.
Now it is part of the living/dining room.
In the ‘original’ part of the house:
Eric with his apple juice! ;)
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He wanted me to report to you- still not a lick of pop since he cut it out in March 2010! Go Eric. :)
My mother-in-law can decorate a gorgeous table I tell ya…
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Every year she decorates the table in a new way and she always blows us away with what she throws together. I guess that is the interior designer in her coming out!
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Luckily it was gorgeous weather this weekend because the boat lift and dock had to be taken out of the water!
Thanksgiving dinner was fabulous!
We were celebrating FOUR things: Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law Margaret’s birthday, our Aunt Sheila’s birthday, and my brother-in-law Steve and future sis-in law Joanne’s recent engagement (!!!).
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Good times!
The food was also delicious.
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I enjoyed brussels sprouts (the best I have ever had), carrots, asparagus, lentil salad, croquette, and bread.
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Also enjoyed a couple glasses of red wine!
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Eric + beer
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And then some celebratory champagne for Steve and Joanne’s engagement…
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They are so cute together.
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Very happy for them. :)
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Dessert time.
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I brought along my cakes and Sheila also contributed a couple desserts too.
Gift time and performances by our niece and nephew!
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Then we had performances by Sketchie…
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We taught Sketchie a few tricks: shake a paw, shake the other paw, and stand on two legs. As you can tell by his face he does NOT enjoy doing tricks, but he will do it for treats. ;)
He loved visiting his ‘brothers’ Clancy and Finnegan.
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Eric and I slept in the ‘music room’ by a warm & cozy electric fireplace! I was so thrilled to have it by the bed because it was FREEZING in that room!
I was the first one up in the house on Sunday morning! Well, that isn’t totally true, the cats were all up. ;)
I dragged my butt out of bed and watched the sun rise over the water.
I tried to get as much done on my Project Food Blog post as I could before anyone was up.
For breakfast I made Sweet Potato Gingerbread Vegan Overnight oats. This is one of my favourite new combos. It is so delicious it doesn’t even need any maple syrup!
In the VOO: 1/2 cup regular oats, 1 cup almond milk, 1 tbsp blackstrap molasses, 1/2 cup sweet potato puree, pinch or two of cinnamon, 2 tbsp chia seeds.
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Delicious and so filling.
The scenery on the 3 hour drive home was lovely and helped the time go by quickly.
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All was going fabulous until we got pulled over by a cop, not for speeding, but because our plate stickers were expired and we got handed a $110 ticket. Major whoops. We actually went to renew the stickers a month or two ago, but we didn’t have a required document so we left, and then we forgot to go back and do it.
I always feel so guilty + bad when I do something like that. I am like a dog with my tail between my legs looking at the cop. lol.
However, I am truly thankful for so much in my life and no ticket is going to ruin a great weekend with loved ones!
While today is a holiday Eric and I are both hard at work (me on my bakery orders and him on the hardwood), so I better get back to it!
That looks like a wonderful Thanksgiving! :)
And I love that picture of the trees along the highway. I’ve had to do so much driving this weekend, but I don’t even mind because of how beautiful the scenery is.
Boo to the ticket!
I always find that the coppers are out in full force on Thanksgiving weekend…too bad!
I love that pic of the two kitties on the window ledge…so precious!
I love your Thanksgiving outfit! We go up to Lake Superior for family vacations. I just love watching the sun set over the water. It is so peaceful and calm.
Looks like a fantastic celebration! I think my heart swelled while I was reading this post:-).
Happy Thanksgiving Angela!!! It looks like a beautiful holiday was enjoyed. :)
wonderful pictures!!
Such a beautiful Thanksgiving!! Your mother-in-law’s home is so beautiful, I love he old stone wall being on the inside :) Looks like a great weekend, what a nice get-away for you and Eric!! Good luck with the challenge, voted for you already!!
I love seeing pictures of other people’s Thanksgiving celebrations – haven’t been home for a holiday in years, and this way I get to live vicariously through the family good times of others!
That’s a beautiful house, too – truly appreciated the stone wall – I hope to one day live in an 18th century farmhouse, somewhere!
Good luck with the next round of Project Food Blog!
What a delicious meal and that house is GORGEOUS!
What a lovely Thanksgiving you had. And…Sketchie can do tricks?! He’s the best cat ever. :P
Great pictures. What a beautiful table! I love that spotted cat! So pretty.
Sketchie: “Whut. Who are you. What do you want.” Looks like so much fun, happy Canadian Thanksgiving! :D
What a fun time! So lame about the ticket. :(
Your house is so cozy! Make me wanna move to Canada :-)
Great post and photos Ang. Crappy about your run in with the fuzz but as you said there are worse things in life!
Have a great week baking and blogging! Maybe the kids will come jump in your leaves soon
Just made those sweet potato oats (but hot)….so freaking good!!! And I needed something to use up my can of sweet potato puree! :)
What a fun time! Congratulations to the engaged couple!
The oats look amazing. I think I am going to miss oats the most now that I was diagnosed with celiac.
I love the IL’s home and your MIL does some wonderful decorating. I especially love the table.
What a beautiful home and location. It looked like the perfect setting for Thanksgiving. I’m surprised at how well it looked like Sketchie and your in-laws cats got along. Mine would’ve been hissing and spitting (and hiding) the entire time!
oh my gosh. I am not a cat person, but Sketchie is absolutely beautiful! and adorable! love when you post pics of him! :-)