I used to stress about hosting Thanksgiving and I realized that now that we have so much more room I am so much more relaxed! We've also been doing it so long now that we kind of know how things are going to go, even though there is always some sort of snag or surprise...this year the turkey was done two hours early! Thank goodness Pat noticed the timer in the turkey had popped up because it would have burnt if we had waited for the clock timer to go off! We ended up covering it with foil and putting it back in the oven on the warming setting and it was perfect by the time we ate. We tried a new recipe this year for brining the turkey and I think we'll continue to do it! We ate, watched some football and played some games and we were all tired and full by the time everyone went home!
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| Prepping the mashed potatoes |
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| Griffin was hiding in this cardboard scratcher for awhile |
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| Pat decided the walls needed to be touched up |
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| Done! |
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| Waiting for family |
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| Tablescape |
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| Place setting |
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| Yum! |
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| The guests! |
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| I don't know how this happened but I had to take a picture! |
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| Me and the kids |
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| Naptime! |
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| What we are thankful for! I love that friends and family participate too, it's so fun, funny and touching to see what people choose to write |
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