While watching the parade, the boys were assigned to the table decoration committee. They used their amazing artistic talents to decorate the turkey place cards.
Although we only had 6 people for dinner (plus 2 small children who don't really eat much), we cooked a 19 pound turkey! Our first time cooking a turkey and it turned out really well!
After dinner, the guys played a little football.
Liam running for a touchdown!
Dessert time! We had pecan pie, pumpkin cheesecake, molasses cookies and an assortment of pastries. Yum! And, Uncle Tim brought homemade Coquito, a Puerto Rican Coconut Milk-Rum drink that Neil's dad used to make every year. Grandpa Rudden had originally gotten the recipe from someone he worked with so it's an annual tradition that is continuing in his honor.
We had a great day catching up with family and eating lots of delicious food. Thanksgiving is always a good time to remember how much we have to be thankful for. We're very thankful for our wonderful families (especially our two little boys) and that the cooking directions on our turkey recipe allowed us to cook an edible turkey! Phew! Thanksgiving was a success.
