Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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This thanksgiving was a bit different compared to all of the Thanksgivings in the past, this year was the first year I celebrated without my family, because our family left town and went in multiple directions this thanksgiving, and Drew celebrated without his sister because she and her husband celebrated the holiday in their first home.... the truest sign of growing up is gaining new family and changes in schedules for holidays... so much so, we've already sorted through the Christmas itenterary! 

It probably looks burnt... you've obviously never seen/tasted a smoked turkey




The traditional thanksgiving meal was prepared, My dad smoked a 12lb. Turkey with Drew for the three of us... (while at home he smoked 50 lbs. of turkey and roasted 10lbs. of Ham)
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The sides were green bean casserole (kicked up), macaroni & cheese, whipped mashed potatoes, dressing, giblet gravy, dinner rolls, Yams, The Works!

(Thank you to my sister for coming over mid-day and helping me prepare the Yams and the Mashed Potatoes, she's now officially the queen of the spuds in my book!)

 I completley missed a picture of Drew's mom's infamous Chocolate Pie... needless to say, I'd take pictures NOW if there were leftovers, but I went to disneyland, and they were both gone! 

 (THEY WERE THAT GOOD!)

  
Drew carved the turkey for us, and blessed the food... we ended the evening as a family enjoying "Happy Thanksgiving Charlie Brown," If you haven't noticed I've got a true tradition which always contains something Charlie Brown related for every holiday... especially the fall and winter ones, I'll go ahead and post Drew's favorite part from this one as well!!! It's so fun to watch him enjoy the same movies I've enjoyed my whole life for the first time, It'll be a fun tradition to continue once we have kids (YEARS) from now! 
 We are so very blessed to share thanksgiving together, and I hope the dining table will continue to grow greater with multiple blessings and reasons to be thankful. 

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