Thanksgiving

This is a bit late, but I finally downloaded the pictures from Thanksgiving. We had a really nice time. Fred's parents, his sister Sydney, and her boyfriend Dan spent the weekend with us. We had all of the traditional Thanskgiving foods, but the most talked about item was the 6 pound sweet potato that Fred and Sylvia brought with them from Califiornia--by plane. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of just how big it was:


The six of us ate maybe one quarter of the sweet potato at Thanskgiving dinner and made a batch of sweet potato biscuits for breakfast the day after. I froze enough to make two more batches of biscuits and we still have about a quarter of the potato left. I plan to cook it this weekend and try my hand at sweet potato pie.

Aside from eating, there was also time for everyone to compete in Wii bowling and boxing, which was a lot of fun.


The big excitement around here now is that it's supposed to snow this weekend. Portland doesn't really get a lot of snow, so when it's in the forecast, it's a big deal. I thought the newscasters in Missouri got worked up when a winter storm was in the works, but they've got nothing on Portland. The forecast has been for snow starting tonight at elevations below 500 feet (most of Portland). One news channel has had someone stationed at the top of Sylvan hill, which is high enough to usually see the first of the snow, since yesterday morning--when it was still about 45 degrees out and not even raining. We're not too worried about it all--we're well stocked to stay warm at home, and if things really are bad by Monday morning, we can both work from home. I wouldn't mind seeing some snow, but I have a feeling that all of the hype isn't going to amount to much.