Happy Thanksgiving!

Lyric helping Grandma with the mashed potatoes

Mike doing a little pre-Thanksgiving dinner workout
Ryan doing a little pre-Thanksgiving dinner video game playing
Kristy, patiently waiting for the food to finally be ready!Paxton watching football with Daddy
My dad cutting the turkey
Lyric and Grandma watching the food cook oh so slowly!
Lyric and Paxton with their turkey bones
Paxton tried a little lick!

Today we had Thanksgiving at my mom and dad's. We were short seven family members, but it was still fun. Lots of hard work went into the preparation from my mom and dad. Of all days of the whole year, the oven decided to start acting up! It literally would not go above 260 degrees. It made for a very interesting time of trying to get things cooked thoroughly and in a timely manner! Thank goodness the turkey had a head start before the oven started acting up! My mom bought these rolls that she had on the counter rising all day. We put them in the oven and decided to see if the broiler would help speed up the process a little. Well, next thing we knew, the tops of them were black and the bottoms were doughy! We then put in the yams, and after thirty minutes they looked the same as when we put them in! I had Ryan run to my house and grab my little convection oven. We cooked the yams in that.

Everything turned out very good. My mom had her traditional stuffing that is to die for. I have never tasted stuffing that good in my life! It is a meal in and of itself. After dinner, we had a variety of pies. Paxton tried a smidgen of sweet potatoes for the first time. He was not entirely thrilled! He didn't think too much of them. The day turned out pretty relaxing and casual. Now we have yummy leftovers. Thanksgiving is one of the few meals that I will eat leftovers of!