springdellgirl

Thanksgiving Weekend 2008

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. We spent it out at the lake with family. This year my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Mike came along with their kids: Justin and Hannah and their family, Wendy and Ben and their family, and Jennifer and her cute son. My mom and Ken, Stacey and John and their family, Kelley, my Grandma and all of us were also there so it was a big fun group. Just how I like my Thanksgivings to be!!

I was THANKFUL this Thanksgiving for being off of bed rest so I could finally get waxed and groomed. My hair and eyebrows were hideous. So I am thankful for Whitney squeezing me in on Wednesday afternoon so I didn't scare everyone on Thanksgiving.

I am also bummed that my camera/memory card or both malfunctioned and I lost LOTS of my pictures. I could scream. These are a few that I was able to recover!! Of course all my favorites...long gone!!

We actually ended up having two Thanksgiving Dinners. One on Thursday that my mom hosted and another one on Saturday for family members who couldn't make it on Thursday.

Me and my mom (our own Martha Stewart.) Thanks Mom for all of your hard work!!

The table looked so pretty and the food was delicious. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of everyone at the candlelit table due to the food being so delicious. Fat prego girl has to eat!!

Our menu was:

Appetizers: Hot Artichoke Dip and Seven Layer Dip (Hannah, Wendy and Jennifer)
Brined and roasted turkey (my mom)
Sage sourdough stuffing with sausage (my mom)
Vegetarian Sage sourdough stuffing (my mom)
Tyler's grandma's Parker house rolls (my mom)
Cranberry sauce (my mom)
Killer Mashed Potatoes (my mom)
Liquid Gold Gravy (my mom)
Baked artichokes (Stacey)
Roasted Brussel Sprouts (Stacey)
My Great-Grandma Mary's Homemade Noodles (Kelley)
My Grandma's Sweet Potatoes (Kristin)
Pecan Pies (Kristin)
Cherry Pies (Kristin)
Pumpkin Pies (my mom)

I'm sure I forgot a few things but suffice it to say the food was GOOD!!

My cousin Wendy

My cousin Jennifer

The kids table...one of them. We actually had two. This one was for the "older kids" and another one at the end of the big table was for the "little kids". Reilly was excited that this year she actually got to sit at the "grown-up" table.

Tyler and Ailey recovering after the big feast

Fun with the cousins

This year there were two new babies to be passed around and hugged and kissed...Gavin and Peyton. They were so cute and so good to let us all hold them.

Gavin

Peyton

And there are two more babies on the way:

My sister Kelley and I are both having girls and we are due about 2 1/2 weeks apart.

Tyler and I also managed to squeeze in a little bit of Christmas shopping and two movies.


I liked both of them!! I was surprised that I liked Twilight as much as I did...of course not as good as the book and a few odd changes here and there. I was very surprised that I liked the casting of Edward. I wasn't thrilled before I saw the movie but after seeing it I ended up liking the actor who played Edward more than I thought I would.

We had a fun 2nd Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday with Mike and Bonnie and all their family plus my Grandma, Kelley, my Uncle John and Aunt Ade, My Uncle Steve and Aunt Margaret and my cousin Tania and her boyfriend, Jake. My cousin Justin did a deep-fried turkey that was out of this world AMAZING!! I think that is what we are going to have to do every year. It was so GOOD. He also deep-fried green beans that were heavenly and deep-fried pickles that were super good too. The food for Thanksgiving Dinner #2 was excellent as well!!

My Uncle Mike carving the deep-fried turkey!!

We had so much fun eating, hanging out with family, laughing, and talking late into the night. It was one of the best Thanksgiving weekends I've had in a long time. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family. We also got our first snow on Thanksgiving weekend. So everything looked pretty magical out at the lake.

We also managed to squeeze in going to get our Christmas tree. Poor Reilly stayed home due to being sick and throwing up but the rest of us had fun trudging around scouting out the perfect tree and enjoying donuts and hot chocolate!!

The perfect tree!!

If I can recover anymore pictures I will post them. It just makes me sick that I lost pictures and video!! Ugh...

Happy 1st Birthday to my little niece River. Her birthday was yesterday. I hope she had a great day!!

Kirk, Jayme, and Kaiden think of us freezing our butts off here in the drizzle and fog of the Pacific Northwest while you guys are laying on a beach in Mexico!! You suck.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!