November 27th PM

Thursday evening~~~~ We stopped at the Casino on our way to the beach house for a sandwich and a few slot games. We arrived at the beach to find Cindy, Erik and the boys there. We will have our turkey dinner tomorrow when Dee Dee and her family gets here. We always drive into Tillamook to do the sock sale at Fred Meyers early Friday morning. The kids go for the socks, Kent goes for the free donuts and coffee and Sharon always finds lots of good buys and also the free donuts. As soon as we get back home, we start making the stuffing for the big bird. Kent is in charge and he makes it with Sharon his prep cook who does all the chopping of the onions, celery and giblets. This bird gets more TLC from Kent than any bird cooked on this wonderful holiday and the end result is always superb. Cindy makes the best apple pie and Sharon is in charge of the mashed potatoes and the turkey gravy. Mrs. Costco makes our pumpkin pie, but this year it was left in the refrigerator in Salem. We called Gary who was staying at our house to tell him to eat it, as it would be old by Sunday when we got home. Finally about 6:00 we have our Thanksgiving dinner and it was delicious!!!! Saturday night we adults drove to Niehalem for Chicken and Joe's at the tavern, it is a must to do every trip to the beach as the chicken is the best ever!!! Sunday we always have pancakes for breakfast and we share the Sunday paper around the table. Next we start stripping beds and cleaning house before we head home to have it ready for our next stay there. The time sure flies when we are at the beach having fun.