Bonnie Visits Partt III - Thanksgiving

For a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, we went ahead and celebrated it twice. Guess we have a lot to be thankful for. On Thursday, we went over to our friends home and celebrated with a smoked turkey and all the trimmings. However, I took zero pictures. But trust me, it was a fantastic spread. We also did up another colorful feast on Friday.

Here is how it went down.

We sent Annmarie to preschool. Jamie and Bonnie went for a run. Ben and I grabbed a coffee and picked up some last minute items for dinner.

We dressed Ben up in his cute Turkey shirt from Bonnie and took some pictures of our little guy.
Isn't he cute?

Here is what is not so cute. About two hours later - this:
Sorry, but it needed to be recorded.

Bonnie and I worked in the kitchen most of the day.

We had some visitors.
Yes, Annmarie is already in her jammies. We typically try to clean her up after preschool to rid her of all the preschool cooties.
We Skyped.
And Jamie carved our pumpkin. We never got around to it at Halloween because we didn't really celebrate it and Annmarie was nasty sick. I wanted to at least get the seeds out.
Bonnie and Annmarie crafted. Bonnie got all Project Runway with a native vest and head piece for Annmarie.
And I think Annmarie's pioneer/Juniper Creek style night gown completes the outfit.

On to the food.

Roasted brussel sprouts with walnuts and pomegranate seeds with a lemon vinaigrette.
Roasted pumpkin.
Mashed potatoes.
A wonderful vegan rice casserole.
Crab. A little disappointed in the crab, it's not the same dungeness crab that we love from S.F.
Here it is plated.
And dessert - vegan pumpkin cupcakes with a cinnamon icing glaze. Yum.
Superb!

That pretty much rounds out the Bonnie Visits posts. It was so awesome having her here. Heaps of fun. I'm realizing now that there was a lot I didn't get on film. No beach photos. Some great breakfasts Bonnie cooked for us. And other things I'm probably forgetting. It was blast having an old friend here; she'll just have to come again!