Thanksgiving

I documented the entire day with pictures. This is our first Thanksgiving with just our family. I was a little sad at first that we weren't going to visit family or have family here, but then we did some planning so we could make it special. It has been a great day!

It all started last night. Trevor came home an hour early from work and we went to get Carson his book it from pizza hut, rented some video games and Wall-E. Then we came home and he opened his Birthday presents...



When the kids went to bed last night, I started to prepare for dinner today. I made pomegranate jello. Then I made pumpkin muffins for breakfast. Those are becomeing a tradition on Thanksgiving morning. I must say they turned out wonderful.


Today we had a little turkey drama. Is it really Thanksgiving with out turkey drama? Our bird was still a little frozen and I couldn't get my hand inside to take out all the "stuff". After a few phone calls for help and a hot water bird bath we were in business. When I bought our turkey last week they only had HUGE ones left. It was a 22.5 pounder. Yeah, that is bigger than Garrett and just 3 pounds shy of Paige.

Here are some pictures of how the kids spent the day while I was cooking. They had tons of fun with daddy! I really enjoyed cooking dinner with my family around me, hanging out, and having fun.


While the kids played video games with dad, and colored pictures of what they were thankful for I made rolls, stuffing, potatoes, and a cherry pie. Then it was time to take the turkey out...Oh NO! I put it in upside down, and so it was not all the way done. Trevor worked some magic and fliped the buring hot turkey over so it could cook the rest of the way. Amazingly, everything was still finished right on time!


I was quite pleased with our Thanksgiving feast. My kids even liked most of the things we made. The stuffing was by far the best dish. The turkey was really moist, probably because it cooked upside down in the juices! My rolls were perfect. (Thanks for the recipe Cherise I made the white roll version!) Trevor made the potatos. Of course those were excellent. My gravy was sorta yucky, but we are used to my nasty gravy around here. We still have to try the cherry pie, but it looks really good. All and all everything turned out great.





Even Garrett had some Thanksgiving dinner. We gave him a tiny bite of potatoes. He loved'em!



Happy Thanksgiving!