We were able to celebrate Thanksgiving on Saturday with my family, and we had a wonderful weekend together!
Our menu: turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, roasted butternut squash, macaroni and cheese, green beans, cranberry sauce, and rolls.
I rubbed the turkey with herb butter, stuffed it with aromatics, cooked the turkey breast side down, flipped it, and cooked it a little while longer! It was really good (all 20 pounds of it!).
We were so thankful that the meal came together, since less than 24 hours earlier, I was doing this:
Yep… my oven broke earlier in the week, so I had to replace the bottom element Friday afternoon. We were cutting it close, but we got it fixed in time!
We enjoyed the food, but we really enjoyed sharing testimonies of what God is doing in our lives and how we are thankful in various ways!
For dessert we had apple pie, pumpkin pie, and cranberry pear pie!
These girls love their MiMi!
Jude put away some turkey this year!
Tad helped me so much getting ready for our family coming, and he washed a TON of dishes this weekend!
Handsome boys
Pretty gals
We are so thankful for the special memories we made this weekend!
What a beautiful table. I Love your place setting cards and the scripture cards. Did you do them yourself or did you find a printable? I would love to borrow this idea if that is OK with you.
Thanks, RockinMom! I made the place cards myself. I just did them in a word processing program using Arial for the “Thankful for” text and Janda Elegant Handwriting for the script! I printed them on brown kraft paper cardstock added a strip of gold glitter washi tape.
Jude is such a stud-muffin! your place cards, and such, look so festive! love the glitter. 🙂
Thanks, Liz! I used gold glitter washi tape to help keep the glitter under control. 😉
LOVE that sweater on Jude. He’s adorable.
Thanks, Angela! How old was Drew when he wore it?
I’m not sure. Maybe around the time he turned 2. I’ll see if I can find some pictures.
I absolutely love all your posts.
You set a beautiful table. I especially love the fact that you fixed the stove yourself.
I would totally do the same thing.
And that sweater is so cute on Jude. He’s growing so fast.
Crystal
Thanks so much, Crystal! Jude is amazing me with not just how much he’s grown, but how much he’s learning!