It’s Thanksgiving evening. Today we hosted 39 of the Smith/Carlson/Gross family. From 10 days old to 95 years young we shared hugs and many thanks. We’ve had the traditional fair turkey (33lb plus 12lb), stuffing, mashed potatoes, and cranberries – all the fixings. We had enough food to feed an army and enough people to start an army! Right now I’m thankful for a couple of things; first, having a close family whose number one priority is to give thanks and break bread together. Second that they were all out of our house by 3:30 so I could take a nap!
 
A couple of Thanksgiving tidbits;
 
265 million turkeys were raised in US totaling approximately 7.2 billion pounds.
(Minnesota is the number one producer of turkey in the US)
 
664 million pounds of cranberries are produced annually in the US.
(Wisconsin is the number one producer of cranberries in the US)
 
The typical American consumes 13.4 pounds of turkey annually.
 
(Source www.usa.gov)