We got there Friday afternoon & toured the farm then had a nice relaxing evening with a simple meal of delicious bean & pasta soup & crackers. Sat outside & talked for a while but made it an early evening.
Saturday, after the menfolk fed & watered the animals we had a late brunch of homemade biscuits & sausage gravy, delicious! We went to a consignment shop & then Debbie started preparing things for dinner.
There were about 15 people coming for chili (with all the fixins) & cornbread before heading over to the Homeplace Bed & Breakfast for an open house & to attend the Bethlehem Marketplace. It is a play that the family puts on every Christmas season. Their are 33 rooms in the mansion, 33 Christmas trees are put up & this year they have 33 grandchildren! They act out the play 3 times on Saturday night. You start by following Joseph & Mary trying to find a room & then finally wind up at the stable which is actually the family's very large beautiful barn complete with blacksmiths, vendors selling cloth & herbs, horses, cows, etc. All the family gets in on the act, playing the parts of Mary, Joseph, Jesus, Angels, etc. An orator tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, to his execution, his resurrection & then of him coming back one day. The singing was beautiful & overall it was very well done. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
They then served refreshments in the banquet hall, which is where we hold our quilting retreats that I posted about back in March - 2015 Quilt Retreat.
Several people went back to Debbie & Bob's for some after dinner wine & drinks.With a very diverse group of people, the stories were all over the place but I can honestly tell you that we haven't laughed that hard in a while. We stayed up telling stores until after 11:00p, late for us!
Not one single picture was taken, just wasn't in the mood. Debbie & Bob are gracious hosts, food was delicious & we had a great time! Greg loved seeing how they have things set up & got some great ideas for when we finally/eventually/can't come quick enough, move to the Country!
Of course Debbie sent us home with biscuits, cornbread, chicken chili, red chili & various other gifts. Greg ate biscuits for lunch & the chili will be heated up Wednesday night as I am preparing for Thanksgiving in the Country.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday this week ... Happy Thanksgiving!
Note: Historically, I can't make biscuits for anything but after watching Debbie make them, I think I am going to try my hand at them this weekend. Mine usually turn out a lot like hockey pucks .... we'll see.
8 comments:
Sounds like you had a good time. Wonder what they will do when/if there isn't a new grandchild to stand in for the baby Jesus one year?
We did PP. I suppose they could borrow one as a stand in but I'm sure there will be more to follow!
That sounds like so much fun!! You sure packed a lot into your mini vacation! I've always had the same problem with biscuits - let us know how yours turn out.
What a neat "adventure!" Sounds like good people to be around and learn from (making those biscuits!). Happy Thanksgiving to you!
It was a lot of fun. Will keep you posted on the biscuits!
They really are good people Mama Pea!
I have also found myself biscuit-challenged throughout the years. If yours don't come out, let me know and I'l share my recipe with you. I've made them about 10 times now and it's worked every time. Only took 54 years to achieve lol.
They turned out great! If I can figure out how to get a text pic to the blog I will post tomorrow.
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