November--Thanksgiving!

Im very thankful for many things this year--our sweet Lord, Andrew, health, family, loving friends, a job, a new dog, our house...and many other things! This was our first holiday in our new house so it was a fun opportunity to host a turkey feast. Which is exactly what we did--host a feast! We had so much food and so much fun. I took off a few days from work to cook and I got a little Martha Stewart bug in me.

I got the Martha bug last weekend when I decided to make this wreath.

I had seen her make it on one of her shows on saturday morning using real cranberries. I thought I could make the bead one but Michael's disappointed me with not having the beads and some other necessary items for the wreath. So I spent my saturday doing it with real cranberries...

The beginning stage....

The final product

It was definitely a much longer time consuming project than I thought but its pretty and was a festive touch to thanksgiving.

I also got a little festive with ty....oh so handsome Christmas Ty!

Tuesday - Thursday I cooked and cooked and cooked some more! We had a plentiful spread of great food: onion/tomato tart, veggies/hummus, corn bread dressing, corn souflee, mashed potatoes, green bean almondine, Tom the turkey, another stuffing from sadie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pecan pie. All so delicious! It was fun to cook and spend the days with Ty. I had my week "to-do list" which helped me to be organized...thanks to Annie (annies eats blog) for the idea! Loved her thanksgiving breakdown.

Dining room

Yummy onion/tomato tart Kellie and I learned to make at the Sur La Table cooking class.

So delicious. First time to make home made pastry dough...wasnt as bad of a disaster as i thought it would be.

Our first turkey!

The Turkey Carver

"Tom the turkey" was so yum.

I named him bc we got a little personal over the days while he was brining. I had to make sure he knew he had to be moist and delicious for a turkey feast. He listened and performed well.

Thanks Tom!

Cooking away!

Ty loves being in the kitchen while we cook away. He loved all his special treats over thanksgiving. He makes an appearance in every picture...love him! He has been so much fun!

The spread! mmm mmm mmmm!

We hope yall had a very merry and happy thanksgiving too!! We cant wait to go home for Christmas and see everyone at home. We have decided to spend Christmas eve/day up in KY with tyler, my sister, and the kids since its so much fun to see their fun faces on Christmas morning! Happy Thanksgiving from Dallas!!!