Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was an absolute blast. We were able to fit in seeing both families and I am so glad that we did! We stopped by to see my parents before their Thanksgiving dinner around lunch time. We just had hors d'oeuvres and watched football and basically had a very enjoyable time. It was such a beautiful day too, so Jared and I went and hung outside with Christian when he started getting stir-crazy.

Here's my Dad's turkey! Doesn't it look yummy?

Appetizers courtesy of my Aunt Sue and Uncle Mark



Look at this handsome man! Doesn't he remind you of Christian?



The Thanksgiving table

An up-close of the centerpiece. My mom made those candle holders out of goblets upside down and paint.AMAZING!

Trying to get CJ to smile at the camera

My handsome hubby

Look at that crazy hair

Just enjoying the sun

I can't help but kiss his face!

Everyone needs a picture like this once in a while. Mouth open, eyes rolled back...pure guacamole bliss

While my family was getting ready to eat, my mom passed out an envelope to each of us. Inside was $20. Our assignment was to do as much good for others with that $20 as we could by Christmas Eve and we would report back to the family with how we did. We have never done anything like this before, and I was so excited by the prospect! What a great way to kick of Thanksgiving and the Season of Giving to prepare us for Christmas :)

After we hung with my family for a bit, we headed up the hill to Jared's mom's house for our actual Thanksgiving feast. There was SO MUCH FOOD and what I had of it, was delicious. Jamie and Tim brought the creamiest, most delicious mashed potatoes that I have ever had, as well as homemade rolls. Honestly, since I am pregnant and was only craving carbs at the time, I may or may not have only had two or three servings of mashed potatoes and jello salad for dinner...but let me tell you, it was DELICIOUS!

When I was uploading pictures, I realized that we had zero of our fabulous family and only a few of the food. HOW SAD IS THAT!? I guess that's where my focus was that day.

Our feast



Do you see that jello salad? It was by far my favorite thing except the mashed potatoes. Even as I type this, I want to go home and make some jello salad to eat.





Here's our spread of pies. I made the lemon meringue, and I think the rest were from the store or Nation's. I don't think I actually had any pie, but it sure looks delicious!