My daughter-in-law

My daughter-in-law, Katie really knows how to destroy what could have been a very descent picture of moi, but hey, it is all in the spirit of the Thanksgiving celebration, right?     

Making weird faces must run in the family.  Notice Jenna in the following pic.  If she had coughed, her eyeballs would have popped out of their sockets.  

If you don't recognize the place where Grandma Zucc is walking, it means you haven't been to the Outlet Mall at Traverse Mountain yet.  

This is too good!

Each year, Thanksgiving Day must to be adorned by a short program before the scrumptious meal is served.  At least this is true in our family's celebration, and I'm sure it is true in millions of homes across our great nation.

Jeff doesn't often get his picture headlined in this blog, but this is too good to leave out.  After all the kids were gathered, Jeff sat upon a bar stool and began to read a great story about how the Pilgrims and Indians got together for three days eating venison, playing games, and thanking The Almighty for their many blessings.

Everyone listened intently, and Sammy valiantly tried  to keep awake, but alas:

Jeff begins the reading.

Going!

Going!

Gone!

Soup and salad

What is better this time of year than a great soup and salad dinner?  So it was, last Monday evening!

L to R:  Richard, Pat, Jackie, Colleen, Bev, John E, John M., Nancy & Debbie.  Mike not in picture.

The occasion was just a harvest season get-to-gather, held in our basement family room, and the soups were incredibly good - chicken noodle, Italian sausage, potato, and autumn hamburger.  The salad was a tossed green delight, with ranch dressing, of course!  Homemade rolls and apple cider were served also.  To top off the meal was a fantastic German chocolate cake baked by Jackie.

A lot of mileage came from the dumb waiter joke that has made it's rounds for years.  Basically, the joke implies that we don't really need a dumb waiter, because my wife, Bev, already has one- moi.  Actually my wife and I have a wonderful, traditional marriage that has lasted over 4 decades.  Whenever someone asks what our secret is, I always say, "When she tells me to do something, I just shut up and do it."  Ha ha.   

Anyway after the main course, we played a couple of table games, mainly Fruit Basket and Greed.  I was surprised when I found out that I was the winner of Fruit Basket, being that I am probably the worst speller in the group, If not in the whole neighborhood!

Table setting

The table was set with Grandma Zucc's finest dinnerware, inlaid with 24 carat gold leaf, she says.  Notice the floating candles on both the table, and also the serving table.  This really made for a nice dinning atmosphere, when we turned the overhead lights down low.

Next week is Thanksgiving dinner!  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The hand!

The hand!

Pretty scary huh?  After a nice Italian senior meal at the Brick Oven, we moved down the back roads to Sherry's house in Springville.  We arrived alive, but we weren't to sure if we would leave alive after seeing Sherry at her scariest.  

She made the most of the hand in the bowl, making sure the poor little trick-or-treaters be brave and reach in for the candy.  The hand then would automatically come down, and voice from the bowl would say something scary.  A lot of kids were apprehensive about reaching!

"You better be careful!"

  

"I hope you are quick!"

"Take only one!"

"Watch it!"

"It's going to get you!"

Even Grandma doesn't trust the hand.

Sherry can make anybody smile.

Sam finally made it home with his bag of loot.

One tired, but happy boy.

I guess one good thing about this blog is that I get to choose which pics to include in it.  Indeed, I choose the ones that will bring enjoyment to this poor, old Grampa in his later, golden years.

I hope your Halloween was as good this year as mine was!