Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012



Our fun and festival fall kept rolling, and now we are in the midst of holiday fun!  This year we hosted the Frank’s family at our house for Thanksgiving dinner.  When we really thought about it, Frank and I have never been home for Thanksgiving.  We’ve either traveled to his families, my families, or our families traveled together somewhere.  It really helps to get a jump start on all of the Christmas stuff being home that weekend.

This is the first time I cooked a turkey, so I did a trial run with my sister beforehand.  I had it all planned out, timed out and ready to roll.  And then old Tom Turkey got done about an hour and a half early!  I had a thermometer, so I knew it was officially done and didn’t just leave it roasting, therefore equaling super dry turkey.  A combination of not stuffing the bird, and a convection oven, really roasted that birdie fast.  Luckily tenting the turkey and sitting it on the stove kept it plenty warm.  The logistical nightmare that is Thanksgiving managed to all come together in the end.



Meredith had 5 cousins to play with for the weekend and they had great fun.  We celebrated her birthday again with the family.  The girls did some black Friday shopping- even braving Target for the 9pm opening on Thanksgiving Day.  The boys watched football.  It was warm enough the kids could go outside and play a bit too.  We occupied every sleeping spot in the house and had a great time.



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