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Happy Thanksgiving!!

I was very excited to make my first turkey dinner this year. Michael and I decided we wanted to lay low and make an attempt at creating one of our favorite meals of the year. Lucky for me I had LOTS of help. Mom came over on Tuesday night so we could start cooking. Well at the sort of last minute the plans changed and she was here to babysit rather than cook. One of my very best friends from college came in town from California with his fiance whom I'd not yet met. Mic and I ended up going out to Dallas that night for my favorite, (not Michael's) sushi. It was a great time seeing Alan, Ashley, Scott (another great friend from college), his wife, and two other couples. It was a fun way to start my little holiday!

So back to the TURKEY. Mom and I started first thing on Wednesday morning getting everything ready. Then I took a little (3 hour) break from the fun and went to get my hair cut and mom graciously babysat again. I did my best to make sure the kids would be sleeping while I was gone. When I got back we hit the kitchen again and spent the rest of the evening preparing. It was a lot of fun cooking with her. I loved every minute of it!!

You have to start with Grandmother's recipe.

Then make sure Michael is comfortable for the evening.

With someone to keep him entertained, thanks Kyle!

They did a great job of keeping the kids laughing and having fun, out of the kitchen.

Prepare the stuffing...

Stuff the turkey and start cooking it the night before...then go to bed really late.

Thursday morning started with the boys watching a little bit of the parades.

Mom stopped for a few minutes to watch the big balloons with Tate.

Out came the beautiful bird.

A successful golden brown.

Kyle came over again to help make some final preparations before going to visit Cole.

FLUFF...the real reason Kyle came over. A thanksgiving favorite for both of us.
We stopped to take a couple of pictures before our guests arrived.

Poppy, CC, and Mama showed up for the first of 5 stops they would have today.

Mama and CC saved the day, or the gravy I should say. That was the only flip out moment mom and I had the whole 2 days we spent cooking together. We had no clue what to do and let them take over. It was SOO good!