Thanksgiving 2013

For Thanksgiving this year Nick & I hosted the grand feast.

About 8 of our good friends were going to be in town due to work.

This is the first Thanksgiving we have ever done. Overall I think it was a success. The food was phenomenal. Who knew a bunch of 20 something year olds knew how to cook.

Nick wasn't afraid to try to tackle a turkey. (He is the cook in the family, he get's that from his mom), I on the other hand have some learning to do. ;)

We soaked the turkey in an apple juice, garlic, salt brine. It was so good!

I had worked a night shift before thanksgiving, so i slept until about 3 pm on Thanksgiving. Nick got up early and played football with a group of about 14 guys. From what i hear it was pretty fun, but very cold out.

   ^^ it was delicious, moist and flavorful. Carving it was an adventure, thats all i will say about that ;)

                                                                      ^^ the ham carving the ham

The food was amazing. I would suggest for next year making half the amount, and not allowing everyone to cook their dish at our house. It was very chaotic (fun, but chaotic) I would heat the gravy, have to wash the pot, someone would boil their potatoes in it, then have to wash it again so that we could cook up the cream corn. or i guess i could invest in a few more pots & pans. We only had to reheat the squash once. Otherwise our timing was pretty good considering the situation.

                                                                       ^^ some egg nog to warm the soul


I have so much to be grateful for this year. No matter what your circumstance I hope you all can see the good in your life and appreciate that.