Giving Thanks

Carly and Dave so graciously opened their home up this Thanksgiving to us, Mom, Grandma, and Monty (Dave's dad) where we celebrated the holiday together. Carly, your house was absolutely perfect for entertaining and your meal was DELICIOUS!

Grandma Sally and Gigi with my babies

The best part of holidays are the moments of just hanging out - spending time with loved ones.

My pretty baby is now 7 months old and is a continued delight.

Carly's table set so pretty.

Carly is a rock star turkey baster!

For some humorous reason, the universe decided to play a wee little joke on us. After hours of baking and basting and checking and smelling the perfect turkey aroma throughout the house, Carly pulled out her turkey only to see red drippings from the raw turkey dripping out!!! WHAT?!?! The top of the turkey was perfect... but for some odd reason, the bottom was still raw. What's a bit humorous about the whole situation was the fact that this same thing happened to my mom several years ago on Thanksgiving. Twice in one family?? Weird. We ended up eating the turkey that was done (we were very careful) and sticking the remainder of the bird back in the oven for several more hours. It took forever to get it cooked through. Dinner was fabulous despite the minor setback we were thrown!

Martin really was there... just behind the camera.

{Carly, the video I promised isn't uploading... sorry. I'll try again LATER.}