11-23-16 Thanksgiving a day early with the Hicks:

Since one of the out of town Hicks were going to be heading back to St. Louis on Thanksgiving, they decided to do Thanksgiving a night early (after Josh and Andrew got off work).  Worked out well---I was able to cook the turkey and dressing in the daytime instead of over night and Angie and Carol were able to whip everything else up before evening.  Plus, Ken and I were able to plan on heading to Knoxville the next day for another Thanksgiving!  What can be better then Thanksgiving with family then a 2nd Thanksgiving with more family!?

I love how the "girls" do it up for special meals---fancy place settings, menu cards, decorations, ... .

 Lots of great appetizers like these baked olive puffs.

 Christmas music on the tv----

 3 generations of Hicks women.

 Can't believe how old Meaghan and Molly are getting!

 Angie and Josh with the girls.

 Grandma Hicks with the girls.

 Uncle Ben Hicks with Molly

 On to dinner!

 Yummmm

 More yummy stuff.

 dessert for later----much later!

 roasting marshmellows in the back yard

  phone time---when the phones weren't taken away from them.

 charades

 3 generations of Hicks men.

 winding down

It was another great gathering!  So glad we were able to be there.