I was pretty nervous because I had never attempted the whole meal. I had made a few of the dishes before, but not all at once and had never done the turkey or my grandparents' stuffing.
So the first thing I did was delegate. Rustin wanted to fry the turkey so I let him be in charge of that and then assigned my mom and mother-in-law a few dishes.
Our life group had a Thanksgiving potluck the week before and I brought pumpkin pie. I thought it would be a good test run, and it turned out fine! I figured...I got this. So the night before Thanksgiving, I bake two pies. Well somehow I didn't hear the timer and they both burned. Ugh.
So I had to do what I swore I would not do... go to Walmart on the night before Thanksgiving and get more ingredients for pies.
While I was having trouble with the pies, Rustin was having his own trouble with the turkey. He didn't realize you had to thaw it our for a few days and hadn't started that. So he thought he could use the one his mom had, but it was too big for the fryer. After hours of researching recipes online, he decided on one to just cook in the oven and had his mom come over in the morning to help him. I'm not really sure exactly what was going on in there because I was too stressed with my stuff to also stress about his, so all I know is that Avery and I were suddenly smoked out. Not kidding - it was pretty bad and for days after that my allergies were out of control.
So that's all leading up to the meal and luckily that is the only drama. Once everyone got there, everything was great! The stuffing even turned out ok! (I may have waited for my mom to get there so she could help me. Details.)
Casey brought over a maple bacon turkey breast he made and it was delish!
My dad carved the turkey and Colby was apparently the taste tester.
There wasn't really a good group picture where everyone was ready, but here we all are (except photographer Rustin) -
Avery even enjoyed the meal -
And of course, I have to add a picture of my NON burnt pies -
And one of the turkey cookers -
And I should add Rustin's turkey turned out great also!
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