We had Thanksgiving at our house this year. K's sister J and her husband M and their 3 children, R, W, and A, joined us. It was a fun weekend! We loved having them stay with us. J was a little sick but she loaded up on the medicine and she was off and running...sort of. I worked her! (I'm not that great of a cook and she is a really good cook so I kind of couldn't do it without her.) I thought it all turned out perfect! 
K did two birds, one in the oven and one in the turkey fryer (Don't let the black scare you. It was the best tasting meat!) He did a GREAT job! 
The rest was pretty traditional and it was yummy. We tried a new recipe for yams that was a keeper and we won't be doing the cranberries next time, at least not this years recipe. We had a cranberry/apple drink that was very good so maybe we'll get our cranberries that way. The kids played croquet all morning (It was a little cold outside at 20 degrees but the sun was shining so it was hard to keep them in the house all day.) 
And H was happy to be on clean up duty. Every time the dishwasher opened (which was alot in order to keep up with all the cooking) he would come crawling as fast as he could to get right in there and help. At least he was excited to help, unlike the older kids.
Then it was off for some great shopping and leftovers on Friday! It was sad to see it all end so soon!
K did two birds, one in the oven and one in the turkey fryer (Don't let the black scare you. It was the best tasting meat!) He did a GREAT job! The rest was pretty traditional and it was yummy. We tried a new recipe for yams that was a keeper and we won't be doing the cranberries next time, at least not this years recipe. We had a cranberry/apple drink that was very good so maybe we'll get our cranberries that way. The kids played croquet all morning (It was a little cold outside at 20 degrees but the sun was shining so it was hard to keep them in the house all day.) And H was happy to be on clean up duty. Every time the dishwasher opened (which was alot in order to keep up with all the cooking) he would come crawling as fast as he could to get right in there and help. At least he was excited to help, unlike the older kids.Then it was off for some great shopping and leftovers on Friday! It was sad to see it all end so soon! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
It was nice to have a short, sweet weekend to slow down and take the time to remember all the things that I am thankful for because now that it is over, we are racing towards Christmas. Hang on tight! It's my favorite time of year!
9 comments:
Your Feast looks Yummy!!!
this is regarding the comment you left on my blog.....
Laurie,
you are so sweet. I am so glad that we have "kind of" met....i look forward to hearing from you and reading your blog....we had a wonderful thanksgiving with our my husbands family. the rest of our weekend was trying to finish our house so we could move in, unfortunately we had to re-wire everything and we will be moving today, after work and school.....
i look forward to hearing from you soon.
Nicole
That looks like so much fun. Jeph had just been asking around about those fried turkeys, wondering if they really are as good as everyone proclaimed. Maybe sometime, we'll have to get together and fry a turkey so he can see for himself what it tastes like. I'm glad you still go shopping first thing on Black Friday. I remember the few years I got to go with you, good times.
Looks like a lot of food, family and fun. My girls have no cousins on Jeremy's side. My sister has two kids and so I wish we could have spent it wih my family. That way it could have been a little bit more fun for them. Love the option with two turkeys. Yummy!
It looks like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was cold here too. It's supposed to snow tonight. My boys are thrilled. Have you had snow yet?
I love the pictures and I am so glad you had a great day!
We had such a great time. Sorry I was sick. I just hope I didn't get anyone else sick. You did just as much cooking as I did and you are a great cook! The yams were great. I agree with you, just have a cranberry drink and call it good! Your kids were all so fun to be around. And I loved that Italian Restaurant we went to on Friday. I wish we had one here! Next time we come up we will have to go bowling or to a movie--I was such a party pooper!
Henry is darling in the dishwasher! :) Great little helper!
HOLY COW. Nothing - I mean NOTHING - is better than the black part of the meat. Oh man, I can taste it! Looks like it was a good holiday for you! I'm so glad!
Love fried turkey! We are glad you had a good holiday. Wish we could have celebrated together.
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