Giving Thanks in 2010

Thanksgiving has never been my favorite holiday.  I love the food and the giving thanks part of it but it always seemed like a lot of work for such a short amount of time to me.  There was the preparing of the food the night before and all thanksgiving day and a huge amount of clean up after your meal which I hated.  This year I was content to just have rolls and potatoes and call it good but my sweet husband wouldn't let me do it.

We decided to go all out and I'm so glad we did. You see I've developed this love for cooking and baking lately, so this was super fun for me. 

 

Matt cooked (okay re-heated) a huge turkey for the first time, made us some awesome mashed potatoes and gravy and carved the Turkey like a pro.  He even successfully located and saved the wish bone for us. (I was a little grossed out by this I'm not gonna lie) He won that little game and happily made his wish.

I on the other hand made a pumpkin pie, butter horn rolls, my Dad's sweet potatoes and even a pecan pie to later be share with friends. We spent the rest of our evening watching a little football and going through the black Friday adds.  It was such a nice, relaxing day.  One I was thankful for for sure.  

P.s. Yes we did go shopping on Black Friday but no we will not be showing you any pictures from that day. Okay, maybe I'll show you one picture but it's not of us or your presents. We caught this lady falling asleep in the Target food court and couldn't resist the shot.  Too funny. :)