Thanksgiving

I really didn't get many pics of our thanksgiving! Which stinks, but oh well. Here are the boys helping me in the kitchen. They pretty much made all 3 of the pies by themselves!

Roman loves this apron, which is pretty neat since my grandma, who passed away when Bourbon was 9 months old, made it. Roman never got to meet her, but he connects to her through this apron.

Bourbon poses with the chocolate pecan pie
Bourbon puts the carmel in the bottom of the turtle pumpkin pie, yum!

Starla wanted to help, so she plays in a roasting pan!

Here's Starla with the Thanksgiving meal spread!

The kids 'table' which was just some TV trays thrown together at the end of the big table! My parents, my aunt Theresa, my neice Destiny and my best friend Jamie all came over for the meal.

After dinner there was some mad Wii action. Jamie had lots of fun! Yes, that's Alan asleep in the chair in the background, lol.

Jamie with 2 of her godchildren, Bourbon bailed out.

Our Little Family on Thanksgiving Day!

The sun was bright, we were all squinting! lol

Happy Thanksgiving!

I love handprint turkeys!

I love thanksgiving! I love making turkey handprints and other crafts! I love cooking! I love the parade! The boys and I are making the pies tonight. And the homemade rolls. We will make the dough tonight, get them all formed and then just take them out tomorrow and let them rise and then throw them in the oven. We might even make some homemade cinnamon rolls while we are at it, so that breakfast is easy in the morning! I am trying a new thing with the turkey. I read all this ttuff about brining the turkey after I saw a recipe in one my cookbooks about brining. It says that soaking the turkey in a salt and seasoning 'brine' for 24 hours prior to cooking makes it all moist and juicy. It went all into the science of it, that through the brine the flavors can infuse through the meat through osmosis and such. I don't have to understand the science to try it! So our 18 pound turkey is sitting in a bag of brine in a large stockpot in an ice chest on my kitchen floor. We shall see how it turns out! Here is our thanksgiving menu:

Roasted Turkey

Bourbon gravy (we like to cook things with Bourbon's name in it!)

sausage & spinach stuffed mushrooms

Hawaiian sweet bread stuffing with sausage and cranberries

Zuchinni & yellow squash cheesy casserole

Bourbon pecan smashed sweet potatoes (again, Bourbon!)

Sauted asparagus in olive oil

buttered brussel sprouts with bacon

sweet buttered corn

Mashed potatoes

Homemade yeast dinner rolls

Pumpkin pie

Turtle pumpkie pie (you can never have too many kinds of pumpkin pie....)

Chocolate pecan pie

Yum! I am so excited! I can't wait to watch the parade too!!!

Hope everyone has a happy thanksgiving!

Starla learned a new song while she was at Duncan last weekend! (Aunt Kim is a pre-school teacher!)