And Jackie gave me my traditional birthday portrait:
Thanksgiving Eve a/k/a the best Gwensday of the year always brings neighbors and friends to the house, and this year we also had Aaron's sister Stephanie and her family.
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Julia (with Steph and Aaron) gets in on the brine injection. Jackie making green bean casserole. Julia and Kate are ready to go back to the hotel for some swimming. |
On Thanksgiving we had 19 at the table (actually, tableS), including some friends who otherwise would have been home alone. We did two turkeys in the oil-less deep fryer and they were yumptious.
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Turkey #1 cooling off. Fortunately no critters came by. As far as we know. |
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Kate, Lauren and Julia |
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The tradition of raiding Aunt Gila's "shoe room" continues. |
Friday was super chill. Aaron put the kids to work putting up our ceiling ornaments. James wanted deep dish pizza for dinner so we went out and had this deliciousness:
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Lasagna pizza from Fabian's |
Saturday I met up with my brother again to drop off the kids (I say "kids" even though Jackie is 21 and James at 15 kept declaring himself to be a "grown man.") On my way home I engaged in some retail therapy and even bought a couple Christmas gifts. Then I went to Jen and Jason's house for football and Friendsgiving (no turkey; they did barbecue).
I can't even believe it's December already. Crazy!

I love Jackie's artwork! Does she sell it or anything?? She really could, she's so talented! Glad you had a house full of family and friends :)
ReplyDeleteI just love Thanksgiving. We were talking about those oil-free fried turkeys and we were all confused - how does that happen? I need to fill my uncle in. Glad you had a good holiday.
ReplyDeleteI love everyone getting in on the cooking.
ReplyDeleteLike Steph, I need to know more about the oil-less fried turkey situation.