Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is always a fun time with family. We were so happy to have my sister Heidi with her whole family here from California.

The day before Thanksgiving I got a weird itch to do something creative just for fun. I think it was a little ambitious for me to do this the night before because it took a bit longer than i had anticipated. I made 40 of these little turkeys out of Oreo's, Reece's miniatures, mini chocolate chips, and candy corns. Candy corns are extreemly difficult to find after Halloween! I had to go to about 5 different stores to find them. I think they turned out pretty cute. The kids all seemed to like them.

Cali decided to get a bit ambitious too. She has been wanting to attempt making a TURDUCKIN for the past couple of years. This year she did it. What is a turduckin?...It's a chicken with stuffing, stuffed into a duck..with a little more stuffing, which is then stuffed into a turkey...with a little more stuffing. Take in mind that each one of the birds is each completely deboned. They are then all sewn together. I was amazed that the birds could be deboned yet still remain intact. All I did was help with the stuffing and provide the oven to cook it in. It was quite yummy...very flavorful! However, it wasn't real pretty to look at.

Then, of course, we always have to ad the traditional picture of our pie spread. We had 13 homemade pies this year.

We have dinner every other year at my parents with the thought of hitting the in-laws on the "off" years. Then the thought is that pies would be done on the alternate years. It seems that our family is a bit unusual with so many HOMEMADE pies, so everyone seems to stick around for pie no matter what year it is. My parents rent one of those big bouncy thinks for the kids. It takes up a big chunk of their back yard. The kids all love it. That is where the kids end up...but this is where the adults end up...crashed! The football games are on, but I am not sure how much of them actually get watched.