I am watching the Civil War game between the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers....little did I know this is the 112th Civil War game. Amazing......I am pretty neutral but I have to say I am rooting for the Beavers today because if they win they go to the Rose Bowl. That would be cool. At this time we are in the 3rd quarter with 4 min remaining and the score is Ducks 44 - Beavers 31....Go Beavs....Anyway, I thought I would share some photos of Thanksgiving at our house. We had 10 people, my brother and his family along with my mom and stepdad - John. Here we go.......First my table. I was really happy with my table - way too much fun to do. I love entertaining and cooking......
I had a lot of fun taking photos of the table and the PEARS so forgive me if I show way too many photos.
Ok here are some family photos.....
My brother, Jason. It is hard to get a photo of my brother....
My brother, Maggie, Braden and Arwin the dog.
Mom and John......
Why is is so difficult to get a photo of everyone where there isn't someone looking funny or not looking at the camera, etc.....so I take a bunch and wish I could mesh them together - anyway.....another shot.
Now for the pears.....I was a little obsessed with taking photos of the pears. I got the idea of the pears from my friend Sondy......I had already stamped the names of the guests on the paper and sewed them onto fabric that matched the table cloth but didn't like just setting them on the plate when Sondy told me about pinning name tags into the pears....very cool! Thanks Sondy! 
You have to have a little wine while cooking.....a good Oregon Pinot Noir....yummy!
To end with my family....I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving spending time with family. To me that was the best and I love to cook for them and make the event special. Makes me happy!
With Love,
Valori
PS the game now is 51 Oregon - 38 Oregon State, 4th quarter 5 min 45 sec to go.....we will see what happens it can still go for Oregon State with that much time. With all of the mishaps with my post time has just flown by.......