Whew!

Wow. I can't believe it's come and gone already.

The Food:

(Yes, I cooked for TWO days, although I have to admit that Number One son hung in there with me through the mixing, cooking, and washing up)

Roast Turkey

Smoked Ham

Cornbread Dressing with Giblet Gravy

Baby Carrots

Collard Greens

Pear Salad with Maraschino Cherries

Brown Rice with Mushrooms

Broccoli with Cheese Casserole

Fordhook Lima Beans

Macaroni and Cheese

Pasta Salad

Green Beans

Black Eyed Peas

Deviled Eggs

Chocolate Delight

Cranberry Sauce

Baked Creamed Corn

Tropical Fruit Salad

Hot Buttered Rolls

Stuff Other People Made That We Ate All Gone-Gone:

Fudge Brownies

Cookies Galore

Red Velvet Cake

Italian Creme Cake

Chocolate Layer Cake

Pecan Pie

Sweet Potato Casserole

We ate, and ate, and ate some more. Then after we recuperated for a while, we gathered up the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren in attendance and forced them, once again, to sit on the stairs for the Annual Christmas Staircase Photo Opportunity:

By looking at this photo, I can tell you that when we started this annual picture, eight of those people weren't even born. Time flies, I tell ya.

And once in a while you get lucky. You have a camera in hand, turned on, with a memory card and a nice strong battery, when a precious little child plants a kiss on your Christmas tree:

I hope you were that lucky.