Thanksgiving

This year was a tad bit different because my mother-in-law, Lorrie, who usually always helps me make the main dishes then myself and Angela make sides, was not there :O( This year Lorrie decided to visit her mom on Thanksgiving leaving Ang & I to do the sides as well as myself to do the turkey and the ham for my VERY FIRST TIME!!! eeeeekkkkk I was so nervous and so scared because that's what makes the Thanksgiving meal is the turkey and ham the side dishes are just yummy extras.......so I began to look online and try to find anything and everything I could on making them here is what some of my google searches looked like 1. How to cook a 10 lb turkey? 2. How long does it take to make a turkey? 3. How long does it take to make a 10 lb fully cooked ham? 4. Can I cook the turkey and the ham in the oven at the same time? 5. How do I time the cooking of the turkey/ham with the side dishes so nothing gets cold? LOL as you can see I was quite the google master when it came to turkeys and hams.....I also had a few status updated on facebook regarding it and asking for peoples help. My Uncle Nicky suggested fruits stuffed inside the turkey to keep it moist, so I used apples, pears, grapes, cranberries, walnuts, and alittle olive oil. I woke up at 7am got ready and started on the bird coating him with all the goodies and stuffing him. About an hour after the turkey went in my niece, Taylor, and I did the ham and put that in the oven also. Shauna's dad, Bob, came over around 1030 and the Pikes around 11ish. We watched football, ate veggies and salsa which was way hot, drank alittle beer, and just hung out as a family.....dinner was served at about 130 as we started to watch the Cowboy vs. Dolphin game which we won by the way woohoo. The entire food menu looked delicious and was all so mouth watering; the turkey was juicy and moist the ham sweet, mac & cheese- extra cheesy, potatoes just right, stuffing awesome as always, and green bean casserole yummy as well. Of coarse we all ate to much and put ourselves in a food coma lol Everyone relaxed on the couch, watched more football, had dessert of coarse pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and even debated going out shopping at midnight for black Friday sales. Thanksgiving was definitely different because mom "Lorrie" wasn't there but all in all we still had a really great time and enjoyed all the yummy food. I do have to say that even thought the turkey was amazing, i think the most favorite dish of the day had to have been my homemade mac & cheese, I copied it from someones blog and I am going to post the recipe on my next post so anyone else can try it if they want :o) HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!! I hope you all had a great one ♥









Over the weekend we did Christmas light outside and I took a picture of our tree with all our gifts under it, there are a few missing but we are all done Christmas shopping now just waiting for it all to come in the mail ;o) Yay!!! December is right around the corner!!!