Episode 15

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Published on:

15th Nov 2023

Thanksgiving Traditions and Tips for Making the Holiday as Delicious and Delightful as Possible

Listen in as Emily and Steph--and two specials guests!-- discuss ways to make Thanksgiving as delicious and delightful in your home as possible. Don't be overwhelmed by the thought of cooking or hosting, they've got you covered with tried and true advice! Should you do it all? Should you let the kids help? How do you train them in this? They'll also share delicious recipes, so look no further. Just listen in and you'll have your meal set for this year!

Scripture Mentioned: Psalm 103

Recipes Discussed:

Bacon-Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese

Sweet Potato Casserole (Steph's recommendation)

Sweet Potato Casserole (Emily's version)

No-Fuss Thanksgiving Turkey

Cranberry Salad


Transcript
Steph:

They're the joyful agains our children shout on the swings, the

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exhausting agains of cooking and laundry,

and the difficult agains of discipline.

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So much of what we do

as mothers is on repeat.

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So what if we woke up with clarity,

knowing which agains we were called

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to, and went to bed believing we

are faithful in what matters most?

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We believe God's word is

the key to untangle from the

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confusion and overwhelm we feel.

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Let's look up together to embrace a

motherhood full of freedom and joy.

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Thanks for joining us for this special

holiday edition of the again podcast.

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I'm your host, Stephanie Hickox.

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And today I'm joined by

two of the amazing deal.

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Ladies.

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Emily is here with her

lovely daughter, Evelyn.

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Because Evelyn is quite the chef.

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She's a blessing to her mother every

day, of course, but we would love to

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hear how she comes alongside her mother

to make special Thanksgiving traditions.

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I'm also including my daughter Adeline.

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To share with you her favorites.

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Today we're covering our

favorite Thanksgiving recipes.

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A few inexpensive ways

to decorate your table.

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How to bring your children along,

not only in the celebrations, but

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in the preparation for Thanksgiving.

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A fun new tradition.

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We've started in my family.

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And a favorite scripture

we use as a devotion.

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We're including our

recipes in the show notes.

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So if we make you hungry you know

where to find all that information

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Adeline: Evelyn, I've heard for a

long time about your famous marinara

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and other recipes that you make,

and I'm so sad that you moved across

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the country because I was pretty

excited to try some of your creations.

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But recently, your mom posted a

picture of these beautiful pumpkin

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cinnamon rolls, and I would love to

hear more about how you made them.

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They were amazing.

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Evelyn: Yeah so, , all you're gonna need

is a package of the pre made dough for the

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cinnamon rolls and the frosting, um, some

baker's twine, and then cinnamon sticks,

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but make sure the cinnamon sticks are cut

in half, otherwise they would be too long.

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You're gonna start by putting

some parchment paper on a baking

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sheet, and you're just gonna

lay the pumpkins on top for now.

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Then you're gonna take your

baker's twine and you're gonna

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cut into three different sections.

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And you're going to create a star

pattern by laying them on cross.

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And then you're going to put your

pumpkin on top of that star pattern

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Emily: you've made.

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Your cinnamon roll.

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Yeah.

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Evelyn: And then you're gonna tie

the twine around the cinnamon roll to

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create your six different sections,

creating your little pumpkin shape.

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You're gonna put your cinnamon stick on

top and then just bake it like normal.

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And then you are gonna take them out of

the oven and just let them cool for 10

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minutes while you clean off the kitchen.

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And then go ahead and cut that

twine while it's still a little

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bit warm but not completely cooled.

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And then you're gonna

just take your frosting.

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And I melted mine a little

bit so it wasn't as thick.

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And I just drizzled it on top.

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And sprinkled my cinnamon

on top and that was it.

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It was super

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Emily: easy.

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Steph: Annaline, dOesn't

that sound delicious?

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Do you know what I was so impressed by?

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Not only is she creative,

but she's really responsible.

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Did you hear how she said, use those

10 minutes to clean up the kitchen?

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cleaning up.

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I am geTting better to cleaning my room.

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But.

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It's tricky..

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It can be tricky, especially

when you're getting older and

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you have all those tiny pieces.

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That you're setting up and

making adventures for your dowels

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emily does your family travel a lot for

thanksgiving or are you at home base

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Emily: it's looked

different over the years.

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When the kids were small we, before they

started school, we would travel always.

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We had no family around us.

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And so we were traveling for

Thanksgiving and traveling for Christmas.

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And then as the kids got older, started

school they were in more activities,

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which just life shifted a little bit.

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And so we weren't able to travel for

every holidays, so that usually meant for

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Thanksgiving specifically, we were home.

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and it was always for us a

rather quiet holiday, wasn't it?

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Yeah.

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Which was nice.

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It was peaceful.

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Yeah.

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We just took our time and made our

dishes and just enjoyed the day.

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And now we have moved and we

are a little closer to family.

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So this Thanksgiving, we will

have a lot of family around

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which we're so excited for.

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it's all been in stages and it's

just changed over the years.

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Steph: I can definitely relate to that.

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We've had some seasons where we've had to

adjust our routines for different reasons.

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Often go to my mother-in-law's

house because her birthday

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is right around Thanksgiving.

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it's really special to be with her,

but then I also feel awful for making

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her work so hard around her birthday.

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Making us this amazing meal.

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And even when her birthday is

on Thanksgiving, she has such

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a beautiful servant heart.

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And I'm always so impressed how the

food just seems to peacefully appear on

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the table she's wonderful at preparing

and her routine is tried and true.

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And also,

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She has a theme birthday

as maybe because then.

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So I want to go to both.

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But.

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It kinda kick it, which one

I want to go to because.

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they got the same birthday.

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Steph: Yes.

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our baby cousins were born on the same

day, so it's a pretty special day.

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Yeah, so I want to go to both.

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We.

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Try to find another day to celebrate them.

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Right.

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Steph: Yes.

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A few years ago, we got sick and

we needed to spend Thanksgiving.

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On our own at home.

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And it turned out to be a really

special, and the kids were starting

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to get a little bit older and we

developed a routine and a system where

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they each helped me make one dish.

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And I love it because instead

of me feeling like I'm in the

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kitchen all day long, missing out.

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I get to enjoy them individually.

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And they each feel so proud

that they took part in making

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something for the family to enjoy.

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So I plotted out and I tried to

correspond it with things that

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were their favorite and that were

at their ability level to make.

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And we were able to

repeat it the next year.

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In each year they become more

and more confident in the

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dish that they've been given.

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So I agree, Emily, there are different

seasons And different times where it's

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so special to be with extended family.

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But it can be really fun to just

have a smaller, intimate gathering

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at home with your immediate family.

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And I'm thankful the Lord has given

me different ways to enjoy each.

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But i really love the idea of bringing the

kids along to take part in it if possible

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Emily: It is so fun to bring them in when

they're young because then when they're

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older it just happens like second nature

if you bring them in when they're young.

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And I love hearing Adeline

say that she Samples the food,

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she's the mashed potato taster.

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It's just so

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Steph: I am.

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Adeline: That's something that

you've always done Evelyn?

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You've always helped,

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Emily: Yes.

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Adeline: caN you remember some

specific ways your mom brought you

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into the process when you were little?

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Evelyn: Yeah, so mashed

potatoes were always my job.

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Those are my thing.

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I always set the table from a few

years now cause mom has always been

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very creative about setting the table.

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So she's taught me her

different things she does.

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So then during Thanksgiving,

she lets me use those skills

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and create a pretty table.

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Emily: And I would say, I don't

know, maybe four years now

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she's been doing it on her own.

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So the first year she did it, I just

stepped back, I told her what all she

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could use, and let her be creative.

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And I had to hold myself

back from interjecting.

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It wasn't the best

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Evelyn: the first year.

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Emily: But she does a wonderful job.

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She also makes your little place

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Evelyn: cards you make for everybody.

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Oh yeah, I love to draw, so I like

making little place cards for everybody.

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That's great.

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My oldest Lincoln is quite an

artist as well, and he does.

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An amazing job of making

place cards for us.

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And even if we're just having a family

over for dinner, he loves to do that.

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And he's great at it.

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And how about you adeline how do

you like to decorate the table

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I love.

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Do you put flowers on the

table because it is beautiful.

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And I love.

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Setting the table and put fancy dishes.

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Mom..

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Emily: It's so fun to use the

fancy stuff, isn't it, Adeline?

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Adeline: What are some common

decor elements that you've used

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for your Thanksgiving table?

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Emily: So

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Evelyn: mom has a really big collection

of fun antique dishes, I love

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being able to mix and match those.

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She also has some really pretty silverware

that's really fun, but my favorite

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is she has little napkin holders.

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She has some in leaves, some in pumpkins,

and they're really fun to play around

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with and make different napkin folds.

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Emily: Oh, yeah.

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Eva always tries different napkin

folds every year, so it's always so

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fun to see what she's going to try.

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And there's so many resources to find

that on YouTube, Pinterest, there's

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so many great napkin fold fun things.

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That's so fun

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and a great way to make it a

little bit different each year.

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That's so creative of you.

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Adeline: My boys really love to go and

trim some of the greens from our bushes

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and then help scatter that on the table.

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And it's free.

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And then sometimes I'll just

buy a bag of cranberries.

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Yeah.

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And they're only a dollar or two, and

then just scatter those on the greens

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and then put some little tea lights,

and that's been a really simple way

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that they can help, and it's festive.

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Yeah, and we

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Steph: also can put candles.

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Yes,

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Adeline: the candles, it's just pretty,

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Steph: right?

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Yeah.

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Yes.

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And sometimes you've done floating candles

and you definitely want to keep those

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centerpieces blow when you have little

ones, so they can see across the table.

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I think it's time.

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We heard about some of your favorite

Thanksgiving recipes, DEO ladies.

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What are your top picks

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Evelyn: what would you say, Evie?

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So I have two favorites that I always

I'm super happy if we have leftovers,

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because I will eat it for a week straight.

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Steph: Yeah.

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Evelyn: So I like the lef

I like the stuffing, or the

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dressing, that is my favorite.

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And then the green bean casserole.

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But the green bean casserole has to have

the like, little fried onions on top.

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So those are my favorite

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Emily: dishes, for sure.

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Those are always Evelyn's favorite.

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We my favorite would be

the sweet potato casserole.

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That's we always have the cranberry sauce.

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It's so good.

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And I've tried different recipes over the

years, but I think the one we gravitate

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towards is it's a little bit of Jell

O and then mixed with The cranberries

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and a little bit of crushed pineapple.

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And a little, some nuts and that's

always the one we gravitate towards.

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I think

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Evelyn: it's a really good like palate

cleanser for in between little dishes.

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Adeline: you know all

the verbiage, Evelyn.

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I love it.

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You're gonna have to send me those recipes

so I can link them in the show notes.

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I'm getting hungry listening,

aren't you Adeline?

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Yes.

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It sounds delicious.

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Adeline, can you tell what

your favorite recipes are?

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My

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Steph: favorite recipes are

probably Jell O, and I love the

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potato and marshmallow casserole.

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Adeline: Casserole.

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Yeah, the sweet potato casserole

with marshmallows, and that's

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what you help Mommy with, right?

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Yeah,

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Steph: I help

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Adeline: her also.

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And you help with a little

bit of everything, yes.

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We left.

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Um,

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Steph: We got them on my birthday,

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Emily: I love the matching apron idea.

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Adeline: do you remember the appetizer

that we like to make that Ryder

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is really good at helping with?

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Steph: Oh,

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yeah.

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They're bacon wrapped dates

with goat cheese in the

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Emily: Oh,

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Adeline: He's so great at making them.

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And as you're getting hungry,

cooking in the kitchen, to have

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a couple appetizers coming out.

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Emily: I would love that recipe.

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Yeah.

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For sure.

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Adeline: and Everett, my son, is,

he likes to make a fun charcuterie

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board For us as well, and then

to warm up some apple cider.

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And those just, yeah, they tied us over as

the other things are finishing up and it's

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been really neat to see what he creates.

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I think he made a big turkey.

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Emily: A great idea.

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You always need something

to munch on while you're

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Evelyn: prepping.

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Because all the food

just makes you so hungry.

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Yes.

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Adeline: My oldest is

my mashed potato guy.

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He loves them and so he's

excited to help with that.

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I do too.

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Evelyn, do you have any

tips for making them

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Evelyn: A lot of milk and butter makes them super creamy.

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And then salt and pepper to taste.

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My dad is always a taster

because he loves mashed potatoes.

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And my dad also makes homemade gravy

out of whatever sauce is left from

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the meat we're making that year.

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It's really

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Emily: good.

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Yeah, he's always the

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gravy guy.

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That sounds excellent.

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I have to share this crazy story

because it's one of my worst cooking.

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Moments.

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But a couple of years ago.

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It wasn't even Thanksgiving.

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It was actually when turkeys go on

sale after Thanksgiving and I think

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we had traveled for Thanksgiving.

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And so I thought, oh, well, I

didn't make a Turkey this year.

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So I'm just going to make kind

of a mini Thanksgiving feast.

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And I was trying to put it all together

and it wasn't as peaceful of a process.

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Cause I was just trying to squeeze it in.

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And I was attempting to pour the drippings

from the roasting pan into a sauce pan

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that was on the stove to make gravy.

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And I thought I was being so careful

and just tipping, tipping, slightly.

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And all of a sudden, the whole

Turkey just slid on the pan and it

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crashed onto the pan on the stove.

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And tipped it over.

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And then there was like

gravy and drippings, all.

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Stove.

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And it was a good lesson ask for

help just ask for that second set

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of hands to hold something when you

need don't try to do it by yourself

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Steph: it's a very crazy story.

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It isn't

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Emily: It's a very crazy story.

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But it is also very hard to

get the drippings from the big

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roasting pan to the sauce pan.

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It is hard.

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Adeline: I should invest

in a turkey baster..

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, Adeline, you said that you love Jell

O, and Grandma Karin makes a really

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special Jell O that we just love.

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Steph: Yes.

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Adeline: it's my favorite.

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I just love it.

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And she has a beautiful Jell O mold,

so It's a really pretty thing that,

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if I don't have it on Thanksgiving,

I'm like Mom, I missed your Jell O.

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we use a lime Jell O and then

you mix that with some orange

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juice, and then cream cheese.

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And mandarin oranges.

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Emily: It's like the, it's

the thing you look forward to.

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Adeline: Yes.

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Steph: But Grandma Cheryl

makes an orange Jell O,

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I think because we were so careful with

food dyes for many years and we still.

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Try to avoid them as much as possible

but um thanksgiving my kids know that mom

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will let them have a little jealous So

i think that's why it's such a novelty

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Adeline: What about the desserts?

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Adeline, do you have a favorite type of

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pie?

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Adeline: Don't probably have a

favorite because I like all of them.

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. Yeah,

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that's a good answer.

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Steph: How?

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' cause I am called Flavor

Girl but I will not

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Adeline: eat an onion.

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A raw onion.

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But a cooked one you'll eat.

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Yes.

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But yes, we call her Flavor Girl because

she's very, she has culinary adventure,

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what is your favorite, Emily?

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Emily: Oh, my favorite pie.

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I like pecan pie for Thanksgiving.

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But Evelyn, in the past you've

made us pies make cherry.

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Oh, I love your cherry

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Evelyn: pie.

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Cherry and apple pies I make usually,

but pecan is my favorite, but I've

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never tried to make them before.

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Maybe this year.

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Maybe

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this

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Emily: year.

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Adeline: Have you seen, I haven't,

I've made apple pies where I braid

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the crust and it's really pretty, but

I saw one recently where you Like,

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you spiral the apple slices, and so

they look like rosettes in the crust.

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It just looks absolutely gorgeous.

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So That's on my list of

things to try at some point.

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Emily: That's so cool.

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Are you trying it this year?

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Adeline: We are going

to my mother in law's

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Emily: Oh, okay.

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Adeline: but I could offer to bring a pie.

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That would be...

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I should do that.

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Emily: Pies are always

wanted at Thanksgiving.

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100%.

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And homemade whipped cream.

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Adeline: Yes.

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Yep.

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It Has to be the real

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Emily: Has to be the real stuff.

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There's nothing like it.

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For

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Adeline: My mom makes this

incredible pumpkin pie with streusel

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Steph: on

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Adeline: the top.

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So it's like a walnut, brown sugar.

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It's so good.

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Cause it's combining the benefit of the

pumpkin pie with The pecan pie, basically,

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and so then you don't have to pick.

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You're just getting it.

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Emily: Like the best of both worlds.

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For sure.

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Pie worlds.

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Adeline: Yes,

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And I love, that you can make

pies in advance a little bit.

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So it, I think you learn the tricks

that, okay, this actually can be a

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peaceful process if we just map it out.

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But sometimes it takes a couple years.

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I'm making you hungry,

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Steph: Adeline.

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No.

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The talking makes me hungry.

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Because I thought

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Emily: Oh, me too, Adeline.

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I'm so ready for Thanksgiving.

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But yes, the timing, that's one thing

I was thinking as you were talking.

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Evelyn has mapped out our time pretty

well for dishes over the past few years.

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And so she always has a little schedule.

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Once we make them and time it out, she

has a little schedule on the island

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and we just check things off as we go.

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So she's really.

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She's helped organize that for us

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Steph: Okay,

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Emily: because it's all about the timing.

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Steph: Evelyn, that's so helpful.

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thAt you mapped that out.

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Yep, I do the same thing and then

they know the times that they're

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going to be expected to help me in the

kitchen and it really has become...

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It's really fun.

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It is fun, and I can picture

you sitting on the counter with

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me and your cute little apron.

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With the spatula in your mouth.

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So who is really wonderful at

helping with our turkey, Adeline?

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Ryder.

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Adeline: Yes, Ryder.

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And me.

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Steph: Yeah, Ryder loves all things

animals, and so that has to be his job.

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And he does an amazing job of rubbing

it with lemon butter and the herbs.

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And I do it, too.

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And of course we have to make, the

turkey dance a little bit, right?

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Yeah, it's gotta be the turkey dance!

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Adeline: And then we put lemons in it.

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and

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Steph: then apples and onions and herbs.

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Onions?

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Adeline: Yes, but they're cooked.

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good..

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Steph: And if I take the time to

put on fun music, just something

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sweet in the background, I think it

helps set the tone for the whole day.

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And I find I It does.

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It does, right?

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We just love to be in the kitchen so much

more when we've got We play Michael Bublé.

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Michael Bublé Christmas

is one of our favorite

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Emily: So

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Steph: Yeah.

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Emily: Yes.

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Steph: well, we just

had snow on Halloween.

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I feel like when that first snow hits,

it's permission to enter into all things

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Christmas.

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Emily: I, I totally agree.

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Yeah,

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Evelyn: for sure.

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For sure.

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I just decorated my room.

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Yes.

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Like, Eva

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Emily: decorated.

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Yeah,

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Last night.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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She put up her little mini tree.

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so where we're at, fall

lasts for a long time.

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There's still leaves on

and they're beautiful.

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But when we lived where

you're at, same thing.

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When that snow hit, I was

ready for all things Christmas.

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Steph: we often decorate

our Christmas tree

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the day after Thanksgiving, if we're home.

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That works well for us.

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I'm sure there have been some

years that if we're traveling,

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maybe we do it beforehand.

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But a tradition I heard of a couple years

ago that I started is to give each child

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an ornament after Thanksgiving dinner.

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Emily: that's a great idea.

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Yeah, that's really sweet.

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Steph: Hobby Lobby always has such great

deals on ornaments Any guests that are

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joining us as well, I find an ornament

for everyone, and something that made

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me think of them, we're not going over

the top with gifts and everything.

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The focus is still on the

Lord and His blessings to us,

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but it's a neat kickoff too.

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Emily: I love that idea.

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That is such a sweet idea.

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Evelyn

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And I got ourselves in a a

little pre season, Excitement.

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Yesterday, we went out shopping

and Eva said, Mom, what if we had a

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little mini tree for the counter top?

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And so in the kitchen.

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So we found these little ornaments

that are butter sticks and then

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little, wooden stir spoons that we'll

put ribbon on and use as ornaments.

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And that, that, will be it.

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Adeline: That's so cute.

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How

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Evelyn: So we are dangerous

together at Hobby Lobby.

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Adeline: It's,

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Steph: I

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know, and they do the, the 50 percent

off or the 60 percent off and then,

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and, they're beautifully made.

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The ornaments are so pretty.

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My grandpa O'Malley, he's Betsy's father.

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He passed away before I was born,

but I'm told that every Thanksgiving

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he would read Psalm 103 and

he had a wonderful deep voice.

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He was a coach of many sports So my

mom will always say, I can hear my

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dad's voice saying, Bless the Lord,

O my soul, and all that is within me.

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But I would love to share that

right now, some of those verses,

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because obviously that's the point

of everything that we're doing here.

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It may be a delicious holiday, it's

beautiful, and it's a fun, special

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time with family, but we want it

all to point back to the Lord and

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His goodness and His favor upon us.

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Psalm 103 says, Bless the Lord, O

my soul, and all that is within me.

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Bless his holy name.

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, and

forget not all his benefits.

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Who forgives all your iniquity.

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Who heals all

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Adeline: your diseases.

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Steph: Who redeems your life from the pit.

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Who crowns you with

steadfast love and mercy.

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Who satisfies you with good, so that

your youth is renewed like the eagles.

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And then it ends with, Bless the Lord,

O you his angels, You mighty ones who do

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his word, Obeying the voice of his word.

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Adeline: Bless the Lord, all his

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Steph: hosts, His

ministers who do his will.

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Bless the Lord, all his works,

In all places of his dominion.

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Bless the Lord, O my soul.

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some years I've even taken

brown wrapping paper.

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And cover the table with that.

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and then writing blessings on our table

that we think of and that's really

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special or I've made a tree on our wall

and have the kids all month fill out

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different things that they're thankful

for and we try to get as many leaves

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on the tree as possible and we try not

to repeat anything and I think it's,

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it is a wonderful month to focus on it.

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Obviously, we want gratitude to be

something we're doing all year, but

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to train them to have eyes to see

the goodness of the Lord all around.

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So it I think before the busyness of the Christmas season kicks in,

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it is a nice time to reset our

hearts about what it's all about.

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Emily: which we have so much, and

then headed to Advent and Christmas.

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It's just a nice reset..

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Steph: We also love to

play games as a family.

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Oh, yeah.

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Evelyn: when we're all waking up.

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we get donuts and then we watch

the Macy's Day and we look through

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Black Friday deal magazines.

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Emily: Yes, we do.

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We, we do have the Macy's Parade

on while we're Prepping in

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the very beginning in morning.

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Yes.

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. Steph: Thank you so much for joining us.

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It's really special to hear about your

different traditions and the ways that

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you've brought Evelyn along in the process

over the years, and I can tell that

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she's such a blessing and a help because

she's been allowed that opportunity And

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I'm really excited to try those cinnamon

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Adeline: rolls.

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So thank you for sharing about that

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Emily: yes, you all too.

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Thank you.

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And thank you for listening.

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Just a heads up.

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We won't be releasing.

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An episode the day before Thanksgiving,

but we will have a bonus Thanksgiving

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devotional episode coming later this week.

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You may even want to play

that for your family,

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or you may just want to listen

to it to prepare your own heart.

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To worship the Lord, this Thanksgiving.

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Don't forget that the recipes we shared.

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Are in the show notes and also

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This scripture saturated study

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world, and we want it for you, too.

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Before you go, I want to pray

this benediction over you

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from 2 Thessalonians 1, 11 12.

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We're rooting for you.

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To this end, we always pray for you,

that our God may make you worthy of His

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calling, and may fulfill every resolve

for good, and every work of faith by

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His power, so that the name of our Lord

Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in

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Him, according to the grace of our God.

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And the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Amen.

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Until we meet again.

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Biblical Motherhood Untangled
So much of what we do as mothers is on repeat. Join us to redeem this repetition and untangle from the confusion and overwhelm of parenting. We'll follow the Agains in the Bible to focus on the things that matter most. Let's look up together to embrace a motherhood full of freedom and joy! This podcast is sponsored by Entrusted Ministries.

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Stephanie Hickox

Stephanie has always delighted in God’s Word and in sharing it with others. Whether it is equipping mothers and leaders through Entrusted with a Child’s Heart, inspiring students when teaching at homeschool co-ops or children’s ministry, or homeschooling her own children, Stephanie’s life mission is to encourage others to follow faithfully and joyfully after Jesus—especially if they hold her favorite job title: mom.

Betsy Corning wrote Entrusted with a Child’s Heart in 1999 in response to the needs she saw in families as she and David counseled young parents just a few years behind them. Entrusted has been taught in hundreds of churches nationwide, been translated into several foreign languages, and has made its way around the world. More recently, Betsy received her Masters in Biblical Studies from The Master’s University and is developing a new Bible Study program called Get the Word Out. Her passion for God’s Word, discipleship, and teaching biblical principles as they apply to family life has remained strong to this day. One of the greatest blessings in Betsy’s life are her three grown children, their spouses, and ten grandchildren that keep her constantly in touch with every age and stage.

Jen Freckman Is an incredible wealth of wisdom. She will tell you a natural remedy for just about anything! She is also a voracious reader and she is just overflowing with quotes and guidance that she's encountered through reading and being faithful. She delights in her children and is a devoted mother. She is also an amazingly creative problem solver! Her solutions to manage her home and guide her children are inspiring.

Emily Deyo is such a treasure. She is an incredible encourager and servant-hearted woman. When she has the mic in front of her, so much value comes out! She is a wordsmith and her heart consistently beats for how she can encourage and serve others. She is a truly loving and attentive mother.

Join Betsy, Emily, Jen, and Stephanie as they share the wisdom only Scripture and on-the-job training can provide to help untangle the joyful calling of motherhood.