Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are some pictures from Austin's turkey lunch yesterday at school.

Abigail and I pulled our chairs up to Austin's desk to eat our lunch.

After lunch, the kids read their "Angry Turkey" stories aloud. They all wrote their own stories.

It was fun to hear all the different stories they came up with! They all put their pictures up on the projector so the whole class could see them.

On to our Thanksgiving feast! It was just us again this year, but that didn't stop us from making a big dinner! I love cooking my turkey in a bag, it's so good!

All the goodies to go with it!

Yummmm, my favorite! You can't have Thanksgiving without sweet potatoes!

The turkey without the bag.

Carving the turkey!

We've had lunch and we're ready for a nap!

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This is a picture of Austin's place mat from school. I love what he's thankful for!

- My family

-Grandparents

-Frinds (friends)

- I am thankful for my pet Lexi

Love him!

And a finished picture of the napkins! I love how they turned out, I might have to make some for myself!

Happy Thanksgiving!

~ Happy Thanksgiving ~

Austin only had to attend school on Monday & Tuesday this week. On Tuesday, he brought home a turkey hat!

What's a hat post of Austin without a picture of Abigail? She was saying "Cheese" while I was taking her picture!


I'm getting ready to start preparing our Thanksgiving feast while the kids watch the Thanksgiving Day parade. We're having our Army family over for dinner. 5 single soldiers will be joining us so we're making a ton of food. We're even attempting to deep fry our turkey. It should be an interesting morning as we try to prepare everything for a 1:00 dinner. I'm sure I'll be taking pictures throughout the day...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Day 2007

Here are some pictures from our turkey dinner on Thanksgiving. We ended up having about half of our turkey left for left overs! The entire day was pretty uneventful. We ate as soon as Michael got home from work and then relaxed for the rest of the evening.

The 19.5 lb turkey

In the bag and ready for the oven. (Note: it is not easy to put a 19.5 lb turkey in an oven bag by yourself)

Austin made Kool-Aid while the turkey was cooking

Out of the oven & ready to eat

Everything else we ate (the gravy was still on the stove)

Abigail got to try mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. I put some on a plate and let her go!

Before

During

After

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving always gets us thinking of things we are thankful for. Some things I'm grateful for are:


T is for Tradition. I love that our family is starting some of our own traditions.

H is for my Husband. Who has served for his country and always puts his family first.

A is for Austin & Abigail. I have two beautiful, healthy children.

N is for Nap time. Sometimes it is the only time I get to myself!

K is for Knowing friends and family can stay in touch with us through the internet and our blog.

F is for Family. We have the greatest family. I can't wait until we live closer to everyone.

U is for Unlimited night & weekend minutes. I always catch up with everyone on the weekends.

L is for Love. Without love we wouldn't be where we are today.

This year I'm making turkey dinner again. I got a 19.5 lb turkey to make this year! And of course all of the fixings. (I sounded southern there for a minute!) My parents had a good laugh at my adventures in finding a turkey the other night, so I promised them before and after pictures of our huge turkey. Michael wanted to make sure we had plenty of leftovers so we'll see how much turkey we have left. Last year I think I made a 12 lb turkey and didn't have many leftovers. I prepared the sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and five cup salad last night. All I have to do is stick the potatoes and casserole in the oven today. We're also having mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, corn, rolls and of course pumpkin pie!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.