Thanksgiving Weekend

11/25—Darrin took the day off to help with Thanksgiving prep.   We watched more of the demolition.  Darrin took some time lapse video that was super cool!

  

He also helped by entertaining Ella who is ever looking for someone to play with. 

I got a few things ready the night before: pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce and cranberry salsa. 

11/26—Thanksgiving Day!  We started the morning by prepping the turkey.  It was definitely a team effort. 

The finished cranberry salsa.  It was actually really, really good! 

The finished turkey!  We cooked it upside down in hopes that all the juices would run to the bottom. 

Chad really wanted to us to fry the turkey, but we told him no, so he ended up doing a turkey breast himself.  Which looks better to you?!  lol.  They were both good in the end; both tasted like turkey!

Ella and Luke both made one of these in school!  Perfect for table decorations.   

Pie central. 

Sassy Ella!  Hanging out by the cool whip.  I’m pretty sure that’s what she ate the most of during dinner. 

Almost ready to eat!!  The turkey took longer to cook than anticipated, so we ate about an hour later than we planned.  Ugh.  Things never seem to go according to schedule!

The kids pigging out!

After lots of chatting and playing, it was time for PIE!

Jason and Ryan decided to have a pie eating contest and see who could finish a slice of blueberry pie the fastest.  Ryan won!

After the pie, we got the kids coloring place mats for Meals on Wheels.  Instead of exchanging gifts on the Hancock side, we are doing acts of service instead.  This was one of them. 

The finished thankful tree!

11/27—We went and saw The Good Dinosaur with our cousins.  The kids liked it; I thought it was nothing original, but that’s just me.  We got Panda Express for dinner and then played games with Chad and Julie afterwards. 

11/28—Darrin took the boys over to Mike and Tanya’s to watch the BYU game.  They gave Tanya the movies we are donating to a children’s hospital (another one of the service projects).