Saturday, November 29, 2008

Thanksgiving 2008

We had our Thanksgiving feast at my mom's house. Her table always looks so dreamy. I think that she subscribes to Martha Stewart's magazine because it always looks so festive.

Roger got a Turkey as a gift from work so he volunteered to prepare it. We used a recipe that I saw on the Food Network with Herbs de Provence and Citrus. Which is a fancy way to say that we shoved Oranges, Lemons, Sage, Thyme, and Rosemary into the bird. It was a thing of beauty and quite an event. Roger set the alarm for 6 am to wake up and get a start on cooking it. He then managed to turn off the alarm and we all slept until 8 am. It was a mad dash to cook the Turkey. Slicing onions and lemons in a hurry and 3 and half hours of us gazing into the oven and telling the damn turkey to be ready by our noon deadline. It was done at 12:26 and we arrived a bit late but with a flippin' good Turkey.





My mom had these great place cards with prompts. Like..."name something you are thankful for." Griffin had scribbled a list and pretended to read it to us. He was thankful for many things and I will spare you the whole list but I will tell you that it included Egypt, the ocean, angler fish, Chuck-E-cheese, and Transformers. All very important and amazing things to be thankful for.

Other Highlights included
* MY OLDER BROTHER AND ROGER DRINKING LARGE AMOUNTS OF WINE.
*GRIFFIN ANNOUNCING THAT HIS IMAGINARY FRIEND ROCCO WAS SHY BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER MET MY BROTHER DREW.
*MY PARENTS OFFERING TO TAKE GRIFFIN FOR THE AFTERNOON.
*ROGER AND I WENT HOME, FELL INTO BED, AND NAPPED FOR 3 HOURS.

TURKEY COMA!

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