Thanksgiving 2010

We had a lot of fun on Thanksgiving! We had my mom, David and Natalia, and Gene and Marlene over for dinner. We spent time playing games, playing wii, and hanging out.

Here is Corrine and Daddy singing some karoke!

This is our thankful turkey. We put it up a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, and one night we sit down and color a bunch of feathers. (That alone is a fun FHE!) Then we put the feathers in a bowl and throughout the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, we write on the backs of the feathers what we are thankful for, then tape them to the turkey. Ava had a lot of fun with it this year, she put a lot of feathers on! Then we read them on Thanksgiving.

Hanging out, looking at Black Friday ads and watching the parade.

My mom and I made dinner. We worked well together and made a delicious dinner! Really, everything tasted so good. We made turkey, artichoke parmisean stuffing, maple pecan sweet potatoes, homemade rolls, creamed leeks, cranberry sauce mashed potatoes and gravy. Marlene brought pink stuff, we have to have that! YUM! For dessert, I made a chocolate truffle pie and an apple pie, and Marlene brought a pumpkin pie, and we ate them all with homemade whipped cream. We were all so stuffed we could hardly move.

Ava and Corrine helped by putting out the leaves.

Here I am with my turkey. We brined it again this year, and I totally recommend it. It was THE BEST turkey.

The spread!

Leading up to Thanksgiving, Ava was very excited about the turkey, especially about getting to eat a big huge leg! It took her about two days to eat it!

Lots of yummy stuff! I still can't believe I pulled it off, but everything was ready on time and hot on the table. I have done this for a few years, it is so fun!

But even better than the food was the company. We loved having everyone here with us for the holiday. My mom and David and Natalia stayed overnight with us, and we loved having them. What a great Thanksgiving!