This year
Grandpa Henrie
put together
Thanksgiving breakfast/dinner
pretty much singlehandedly. It was remarkable and delicious! That guy is amazing!
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| Cousin time |
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| Dallin showcasing Grandpa's styling table settings |
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| Gearing up for breakfast |
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| Chandler and his wicked awesome hair |
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| and Devon half awake on flapjack duty |
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| Riv and Dal chillin' |
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| Sweet Makayla and Rayn |
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| Cheese |
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| Grandpa gets Great Grandpa Christensen's wooden shoe tradition all ready and stuffed with cash |
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| Gramps explaining the three traditions: 1. Pine nuts and jerky because his grandfather died when he was 11 and his grandma had nothing to give her children for Christmas except pine nuts and deer jerky (imagine that--we are blessed!!). 2. Homemade bread the night before when we all showed up to remember Grandma Henrie and how she used to have hot bread waiting for the kids when they got home from school (it was the best dang bread ever, and Dad baked it all by himself! Wow!!) 3. The wooden shoe tradition. In Denmark Great Grandpa Christensen used to set out his wooden shoe on Christmas Eve, much like our Christmas stockings today, to get treats. We now (all the parents) donate cash to the shoe and then Grandpa bakes mini muffins and puts a penny with a hole drilled in it (or sometimes an almond) in one muffin. All the grandchildren take turns picking muffins and the one that gets the penny gets all the cash out of the wooden shoe. This tradition is to remind of us our heritage. |
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| Sweet Henry wasn't feeling well, so Derek pretty much tortured him all day chasing him around and trying to talk him into playing. |
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| After much suspense and to the dismay of many older cousins and siblings, the owner of the hole-in-one penny and lucky winner of the wooden shoe tradition! |
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As he put all his money into the zip-loc, he started to sing a little tune, "ALL MY MONEY, ALL MY MONEY, ALL MY MONEY!!" Hilarious. |
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| Whitney took all the girls into the hair salon (the bathroom) and gave them all some gorgeous up-dos!! Thanks Whit! |
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| Savannah ticked off that I took her picture! |
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| Down time! |
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| Then Grandpa wipped out eight beautiful pies that he baked all by himself. They all looked splendid and tasted even better!! |
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| Time to head south.... |
