Thanksgiving

We did Thanksgiving early this year.

We planned to fry a turkey...the BEST way to have turkey!!!!
The only problem was none of us had ever fried one before.
Other family members had always done the frying.

So here is the process in pictures.
The bird before...

Dropping the turkey...

patiently waiting while it fried...

getting our first look before we pulled it out...

We're happy with how it looks so far...

So it looks a little black...well, it's really black...

Seriously, it didn't TASTE black!
It tasted amazing and flavorful and MOIST!
So our first time was a huge success!!!

While the turkey fried, Sarah had a place mat craft prepared for the kids.
They loved it!

Here they are with their finished products.
Boys will be boys...they wouldn't just hold their place mats in front of them, they had to be silly.

I LOVE family time! Seeing all of the kids together is so special AND seeing Pat and Linda surrounded by ALL of their grand kids is so fun!
When Tate and I said our bedtime prayers tonight, they were FULL of thankfulness. Wow, we are so blessed to have this amazing family and to think that in a couple of short months we'll be adding another little girl to the crew is so exciting!!!