A Turkey Tale

This year we hosted our first holiday.  Pretty memorable for a lot of reasons. Having our family in our home, our thanksgiving being engaged but probably (even sadly) it will be the most memorable because it was the first time we attempted a fried turkey.

Here Michelle eyes the yumminess to be!

Darren pulls dinner out of the fryer.

 

 Darren's mom and Jerry.

Me and my sister-in-law-to-be!

Our first hosted Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving

Today most of all I'm thankful for our family and each other. Glad everyone made the trip to Indy to visit us for the day!

With love to them an all.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Giving Thanks

I'm thankful for....

my family even though I'm not there with them today.

Darren's family who's welcomed me with open arms into their holiday.

someone who loves me for who I am.

my DVR.

prayers both answered and those that have gone unanswered.

finally getting to see Garth Brooks next month after 20 years of being a fan!

the housing marketing recovering... at least somewhat.

college basketball.

seeing ALL of my best friends in one calendar year!  Can't remember when it last happened!

I have the best family and friends and I hope they have a wonderful day!

Turkey's Day

A day just for my Uncle Jerry.  I hope he enjoyed his tribute at Thanksgiving!

German Chocolate Cake Goodness

My brother assisted in this year's creation of the German Chocolate Cake. It was far better tasting than it looked.  No thanks given to it sticking to the wax paper and looking somewhat lopsided!  If you want the recipe, buy a bar of Bakers German Chocolate and it is inside the box including the frosting recipe.  The secrets is making sure you beat your egg whites to "stiff peaks" and cooking the frosting until its dark, gooey and will set up easily. 

A Very Thankful Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was once again spent in Hopkinsville with the greatest family in the world! I have some crazy cousins but they remind us older ones (over 20, hehe) that life is a fun ride and we should stop and enjoy being goofy sometimes!  I can't wait to spend many days at Christmas laughing with these three crazy and beautiful girls!

Many of you also know that the family nickname for so many of us is "Turkey."  Well my Uncle Jerry (pictured below) is the one who started this trend before I even remember it and so we thought it was appropriate for him to get a Thanksgiving shirt with a football wearing turkey.  Then I bought a few other shirts with "I love Turkey" on them with my me, my mom and my Aunt Kathy (Jerry's Wife) modeling!