Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving this year was a little bittersweet for us. We were thrilled to be in our new home, and I was super excited to be cooking my very first turkey. However, we missed our family and friends back home with all the favorite festivities. Needless to say, we will happily fly home for future Thanksgivings, and I am absolutely fine with being a chef-in-training under my Grandma for a few more years :)

Lulu and Daddy watching their annual Charlie Brown Thanksgiving cartoon.

We had a wonderfully relaxing day, and promised each other we wouldn't do anything home-owner related, except for cleaning up the kitchen after the meal.

Finally got to bust out my corningware from when we first got married...8 years ago!!

I made a traditional Thanksgiving meal, and didn't try anything new, mainly because it was the first one and we wanted all the favorites: Cornbread Stuffing (I made the cornbread from scratch), Candied Sweet Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Turkey, Grandma's famous Cranberry Orange Relish, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Yum. Totally carb overload.

Our 16 lbs Tom Turkey

Lindsay was a great helper, and together we make our pumpkin pie the day before. Afterwards she told me, "Mama, I think we need to taste it. Just a little tiny taste, that's all."

Mmm... this girl ate her share of mashed potatoes and gravy.

Shhh... don't tell... we sampled our pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving eve.

We celebrated Madison's 1st Thanksgiving... her gobbled up anything we put on her tray. She ate stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams and of course, some pumpkin pie!

Sweet Little Turkey

I thought the look she gave me was too funny... "Mama, don't bother me. I'm eating."

We are so thankful for all the blessings throughout the year of family, friends and the source of all that is good... Jesus Christ!!