Our Thanksgiving began almost an entire week before actual Thanksgiving. Last Friday we had our family night group over at our home for a get together. I made the turkey and everyone else brought casseroles and pumpkin pie. It was super good. Jason and I had bought a 16 lb turkey and took it out the Wednesday before to thaw. . . yeah, it didn't work. Frozen solid. We had already unwrapped it on Thursday night to brine it. We put it in cold water overnight, hopping it would unfreeze quickly. It didn't. What we forgot is that water could get in the center of the frozen turkey and create a massive frozen ball. Yeah... luckily four hours before everyone came over it had unfrozen. No time to brine, we bought an injector thing and put the brine in that way. It worked just as well and was a lot less trouble that way! We're doing that from now on. Anyway... amazing food! We also picked names for secret santa... I'm pretty sure I know who got who cause I like to guess and I think I'm right :^) I'm excited.
On Saturday we slept in for a very very long time... it was glorious! We went shopping for food for the week and looked for Christmas presents for people. Super excited about the presents we bought for everyone! On Sunday we met Travis and Anna for lunch at pizza hut. Super yummy and relaxing! Afterward we went to Ross and other stores. We then left for Newnan to meet Kristin and Jeff for dinner! It was soooo good to see them. I wish it had been under better circumstances for them, but I am glad we were able to hang out with them. They are amazing people and a lot of fun to hang out with. P.S. dynasty in Newnan = holy hell amazing!
Monday and Tuesday were pretty relaxing. Jason and I both worked and just sort of watched TV, read Harry Potter, and cleaned. Today is Wed... Jason had the day off and spent it cooking and cleaning for tonight. I went to work and then came home to help cooking. We were having "left over thanksgiving day pizza" with our parents and in-laws and Jordan! It was so much fun :^) Jason is an amazing cook. I'm so happy our families get along so well. It's nice to just be able to sit and talk for hours and know that everyone in our families love each other and get along. We are very lucky and so thankful for all of them. After they left, we kidnapped Jordan :^) He's spending the night with us. Popcorn was made and we watched a movie about a dog. He's lots of fun. Now it's time for sleep and a wonderful thanksgiving tomorrow :^) I'm very thankful for my husband and our loving families. :^)
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