Our assignment this week is to blog about your plans for Thanksgiving Day.....share your day in any creative form.  Please try to include family traditions, your menus, who carves your turkey, do you save the wishbone, the list could go on and on. 

I really enjoy Thanksgiving.  This year we head to my brother's home on the other side of Ohio.  My entire family will be there and that means lots of fun.  There will be six children running around that are eight years old and younger which adds to the festive feeling. 

We get up and have monkey bread and egg casserole.  We might also have these yummy sausage rolls (see recipe below) again this year.  This includes good coffee as well. 

At my brother's house, we usually have a smoked turkey on a smoker that he built with a friend.  We also have all the fixings including and old family recipe of cranberry ice which we start and end with.  We usually have pumpkin, pecan, and carnel pies.  Dinner is served around 4 P.M. usually. 

During the day, we cook, the kids do crafts, we watch parades and games, the men sometimes take the kids outside (weather permitting) and we plan our shopping excursions for the next day. It is cozy and warm and fun.  I really enjoy the day and the entire weekend.  Leftovers are also great!

Yummy Sausage Roll Recipe

1 16 oz sausage (my brother likes spicy; I like mild) cook on stove

1 package cream cheese mix together with cooked sausage

2 - 8 crescent roll packages unroll into individual triangles

Take the mixture and spoon it into the rolls and wrap the rolls around the mixture.

Bake for about 10 minutes at 350 and you are done.

Great served with some type of fruit! I often make this when we have company.  It is easy and well liked.