Thanksgiving!

We had an excellent Thanksgiving the past 2 days - Thursday was with just my immediate family and Grandma. I definitely enjoy the smaller gatherings once and awhile, although it is nice to see the whole extended family as well!

I didn't do much baking/cooking this year - just made the garlic knots again, which were delicious of course! You can see them in the bottom right of the below photo. I was going to make potato rolls, but realized too late that we didn't have an egg. Molly brought some over, but they expired 2 months ago, so I just found another recipe instead of risking it ;)

Ha - this is pretty much exactly the same meal we had last year too :) Yum!

Ben went out and braved Black Friday to get us 50% off on the glider we wanted - unfortunately we found out later that we could have just bought it online (but then would have had to pay shipping) or gone in a little later and ordered it from the store - oh well! They wouldn't give out that information on the phone when I called earlier, so I guess it's better to be safe and save $150 than sorry :) It is now out of stock so that gives me some gratification at least!

Later in the day, we headed down to Ben's parents house for a much larger gathering - most of his aunts and uncles were in town, so there were about 35 people there - it was great to see everyone again! We don't see his extended family much since they are spread all over the country (literally - California, Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia).

Three turkeys to feed the crowd - deep fried, smoked, and grilled. I preferred the deep fried :)


One of the 4 tables


Ben's cousin Meghan had a baby in September, so Ben got some practice holding him for a bit :) What a cutie!

Definitely a wonderful Thanksgiving and reminded me of all that I have to be thankful for!