Thanksgiving

This was the Thanksgiving we were celebrating apart from family.  My parents did their thing as well as my sister, so it was just me, MA and VM.  VM had to work so I thought I would do up a small chicken and some Thanksgiving sides for dinner to celebrate.  Our party grew by one, my mother-in-law did not go to her sister's so we were having her over.
The day before I was in the grocery store getting all the items on my list when my dear husband called.  He informed me that he invited his friend/co-worker BK and his wife over.  I said it was no big deal, I was still at the store so I can pick up a few extra.
So, our party of three is now up to six.  I knew I wanted to bake the pie and cheesecake the night before so those would be done and out of the way.  Since our guests would be arriving around 2pm, I thought it would be a good idea to have some appetizers.  MA and I went back to the grocery store Thanksgiving morning to pick up last minute things.  VM was getting off work at noon so he could prepare one of the chickens. 
VM called to let me know that he was headed home and stressed to me that "everything will be fine and no need to do anything else".  Of course I thought that was a little odd...but before I could ask what he meant, he rushed out "Oh, I also invited KM, his wife and son for Thanksgiving".
Oh boy, now our party is up to nine.  Thanks goodness I like to cook more than I should!  I had everything I needed and did not have to go to the store.
All in all it was a very nice Thanksgiving.  We had ample amount of food, wine and desserts...and of course, good company!