Thanksgiving was at our place this year! I decided I really love hosting Thanksgiving. Or I just really love having company. And eating.
A few essentials for a good time:
The Turkey Lurkey:
That's right.
We had FRIED turkey, y'all!!!
I was leery. I made J watch safety videos. And I sent Randy and Kyler out with strict instructions to keep anything from exploding.
Next, so, SO much food.
Too much food. I learned and there'll be adjustments :)
This was the appetizer and dessert table at the END of the night. We had eleven people eating here, and it was barely touched. Light weights.
Also fun to have cutie pie kids around:
I'll admit the kiddos were rather neglected. Alanna and I cooked and cooked and cooked then I pretty much crashed the next two days. I totally forgot I had the makings for gingerbread houses--lame. But these girls did so well together and mine had a hard time when Keira left.
And the most important: The Company!
We were so happy to have some old college buddies (Randy, Alanna, and Kyler) fly into town to spend the holiday with us. It really means a lot to me when friends make efforts to be together, and these ones are some pretty good ones we've picked up along the way.
Randy and Alanna are always good for bringing the game of Risk. They brought out the board and the quest for global domination was on. Until around 1:00 am. When Alanna and I made an alliance that we would take everyone else out then call a truce and go to bed. It took some time, but it worked.
I'm not sure if the boys minded or not. I was in bed asleep about 30 seconds after we finally took Kyler out of Europe. I have a feeling they didn't mind since they were right back to football.
A few essentials for a good time:
The Turkey Lurkey:
That's right.
We had FRIED turkey, y'all!!!
I was leery. I made J watch safety videos. And I sent Randy and Kyler out with strict instructions to keep anything from exploding.
Next, so, SO much food.
Too much food. I learned and there'll be adjustments :)
This was the appetizer and dessert table at the END of the night. We had eleven people eating here, and it was barely touched. Light weights.
Also fun to have cutie pie kids around:
I'll admit the kiddos were rather neglected. Alanna and I cooked and cooked and cooked then I pretty much crashed the next two days. I totally forgot I had the makings for gingerbread houses--lame. But these girls did so well together and mine had a hard time when Keira left.
And the most important: The Company!
We were so happy to have some old college buddies (Randy, Alanna, and Kyler) fly into town to spend the holiday with us. It really means a lot to me when friends make efforts to be together, and these ones are some pretty good ones we've picked up along the way.
Randy and Alanna are always good for bringing the game of Risk. They brought out the board and the quest for global domination was on. Until around 1:00 am. When Alanna and I made an alliance that we would take everyone else out then call a truce and go to bed. It took some time, but it worked.
I'm not sure if the boys minded or not. I was in bed asleep about 30 seconds after we finally took Kyler out of Europe. I have a feeling they didn't mind since they were right back to football.
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