Keith and Jeff arrived on Wednesday evening and we settled in with a big pot of soup, waiting for it to snow. It seems like we generally have snow when we are here for Thanksgiving. Sure enough we woke up Thursday morning to sleet and flurries.
Keith spent the morning reviewing his "turkey smoking" notes and prepared to light the grill! It was so cold and nasty outside, he pulled the grill over so that he could see the gauges from inside the house.
We accused him of working too hard from the recliner. His efforts didn't disappoint. It was the tastiest bird we've grilled yet and the fragrance of cherry smoke is mouth-watering.
Since Cassie the dog had some surgery, Jenny & Bobby didn't go to Florida so they joined us for the weekend. We spent the day eating and sitting by the fire.
After dinner we just had to get out and walk off our meal so we drove to The Island. Most of the stores were closed, but we enjoyed looking at the Christmas lights and the fountain show.
On Friday morning, we enjoyed a big breakfast and then headed to Gatlinburg to do some shopping. We avoided the outlet madness and opted for the quaint shops on the Craft Loop and at The Village. We took every back road we knew about and found some new ones that landed us right where we wanted to be.
Afterwards we headed back to the house for a late lunch and a nap. We spent the afternoon with Netflix and then we headed back to Gatlinburg for dinner at The Cherokee Grill.
We spent a lazy day Saturday sleeping late and watching football. Saturday evening we headed to Pigeon Forge to see Christmas at Dixie Stampede. What a wonderful time we had! The music was great and the rodeo show was tons of fun. The whole evening put us all in a festive holiday mood.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with the kids and now bring on Advent.
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