Since I have 3 kids now and wasn’t really thrilled at the prospect of traveling this year (and also since Jonny is on call this week and I didn’t want to have to rush back home if he got called) I decided to have Thanksgiving dinner at our house. I’ll admit, I was a little nervous about the turkey preparation since I have never attempted to make a turkey before. But I wasn’t too worried about the dinner in general. So after consulting several sources on turkey prep (namely Food Network) I purchased my turkey and everything else I needed to make a traditional Thanksgiving feast.
We invited our guests (we switch off Thanksgiving and Christmas every year between our families and this year it was my mom’s turn for Thanksgiving) and I planned the dinner, got down the good dishes, cleaned up the house and got everything ready for the day. I even used a couple of Evan’s preschool crafts as decorations. I always make a pumpkin pie - from scratch I might add, no canned pumpkin here – so that was no different. I made the pie and the rolls the day before. Then on the morning of Thanksgiving I got the turkey ready and put it in the oven. I prepped the rest of the dishes and waited for the guest to arrive. One of my sisters got sick, my brother had to work and Papa got the flu (and Grandma went to North Carolina to spend the holiday with Uncle Andy and his family) so our numbers dwindled a bit. Despite all that, we had a wonderful and intimate holiday dinner. There were a couple improvements to the food I noted for next time, but overall everything turned out beautifully, and tasty too. The turkey was pretty good, if I do say so myself.
So thank you to my wonderful husband and kids as well as Gama, Aunt Kiwi and Great Gama, for coming to my first Thanksgiving dinner and making it a special day. It is so fun to spend time relaxing with family over good food. I’m so appreciative of all my family does for me and I’m so happy to have them in my life. Isn’t that what this holiday is really about?
The Food
The People
