Wow! What a busy and fun time we had! Thanksgiving vacation started a little early for me when I went to SLC to pick up Hailee from school. On the way out of town, we picked up Max to come to the Basin with us. He slept over at Maama and Papa's house but of coarse he came over to play.
The main event for the holiday was going to my parent's house Wednesday night to kill (or watch my dad and Lincoln) the turkey for dinner the next day. That was neat and I hope we do it again next year. How many of you can say that you had that fresh of a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?
I was going to post the pictures of the whole process of killing and everything else we did to prepare the turkey but I didn't want to turn anyone's stomachs. The turkey ended up weighing 30 lbs. The Betty Crocker Cookbook didn't even have instructions for turkeys that big, haha!
But this was the finished product and it turned out great! Hailee and I made the pies (pumpkin and apple-cranberry), stuffing, yams and rolls (homemade!). I felt very involved this Thanksgiving and I love baking so it all worked out. Hailee was a great help and I'm so glad she was with us. Raelynn and Lincoln came down Wednesday night and left shortly after dinner on Thanksgiving. They were here for only a little bit but I was glad that they came down. I think that this was the first, or at least one of the few where Thanksgiving was just our immediate family. It was great. We missed Laura, Kipp and Asher though but we will see them at Christmas.
For the rest of the weekend, we played a lot at Maama's and at home. Our house is still a major disorganized mess because we are fixing up and painting the front room, Hailee's room and our room. I just finished Abigail's room today. Yay! Only 3 more rooms to go!
Here is Hailee (with Max's help :)singing her Thanksgiving song that she learned at school. I just love her singing and she is doing so much more of it since starting school.
And if you ask Hailee what her favorite thing about Thanksgiving was and she says, "getting the turkey dead..." she never watched the killing of Tom the Turkey, I promise!
The main event for the holiday was going to my parent's house Wednesday night to kill (or watch my dad and Lincoln) the turkey for dinner the next day. That was neat and I hope we do it again next year. How many of you can say that you had that fresh of a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?
I was going to post the pictures of the whole process of killing and everything else we did to prepare the turkey but I didn't want to turn anyone's stomachs. The turkey ended up weighing 30 lbs. The Betty Crocker Cookbook didn't even have instructions for turkeys that big, haha!
But this was the finished product and it turned out great! Hailee and I made the pies (pumpkin and apple-cranberry), stuffing, yams and rolls (homemade!). I felt very involved this Thanksgiving and I love baking so it all worked out. Hailee was a great help and I'm so glad she was with us. Raelynn and Lincoln came down Wednesday night and left shortly after dinner on Thanksgiving. They were here for only a little bit but I was glad that they came down. I think that this was the first, or at least one of the few where Thanksgiving was just our immediate family. It was great. We missed Laura, Kipp and Asher though but we will see them at Christmas.
For the rest of the weekend, we played a lot at Maama's and at home. Our house is still a major disorganized mess because we are fixing up and painting the front room, Hailee's room and our room. I just finished Abigail's room today. Yay! Only 3 more rooms to go!
Here is Hailee (with Max's help :)singing her Thanksgiving song that she learned at school. I just love her singing and she is doing so much more of it since starting school.
And if you ask Hailee what her favorite thing about Thanksgiving was and she says, "getting the turkey dead..." she never watched the killing of Tom the Turkey, I promise!
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