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My Thanksgiving 2011

November 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

 

Happy Black Friday! We did all of our shopping late last night so we are sleeping in today (I types this post Thursday night.) I hope you ate lots of turkey and made lots of memories with your family and friends. My Thanksgiving was a bit different than years past, but Bobby and I had a fun time making new memories.

We started the day off bright and early with a 6:00 am wake up call for our Turkey Trot. I SERIOUSLY considered turning off the alarm, but I knew the hardest part would be getting out of the bed so I got up anyway and am glad that I did! I will post more about the Turkey Trot in itโ€™s own race recap, but here is a picture from the morning:

We got home about 10:00, and I immediately started getting busy cooking in the kitchen. I had DVRed the parade, so I watched it while I cooked.

Intently watching the parade.

Since it was just going to be the two of us, we didnโ€™t want to cook a whole turkey, so when we saw Honey Baked Ham had a special little meal you could buy where you could get ham, turkey, and two sides, (they threw in some rolls, too) we jumped on it. All I had to make was twice baked potatoes, green beans, almond iced tea, and a pumpkin pie.

We still had to cook the sides in the oven along with all the other things I had made, and this was one of those days I wished I had two ovens. It took a lot longer than I anticipated to get everything ready so we were starving by time it was all ready at 1:00.

Food, why arenโ€™t you done!

Captain Mickey entertained us while we waited.

Getting delirious from hunger.

Bobby insisted on holding the can upside down since the โ€œbottomโ€ said โ€œopen other side.โ€

The girls may or may not have gotten a good bit of people food todayโ€ฆ

My first pumpkin pie!

A lot of food for two people.

Notice Bella sitting in my chair, like a person, ready to eat.

We sat, we ate, we tried not to go into food comas, so we took the girls on a long walk. It was the most gorgeous day, sunny, about 73 degrees. Perfect. Then it was football, naps, and late night shopping. More on that later, too.

I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving and remembered all the things you have to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving from the Montgomery’s!

QOTD: What was your favorite food you ate yesterday?

*Last day to enter my Gymboss interval timer giveaway!

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  1. Morgan @ Becoming Rooks says

    November 25, 2011 at 7:38 am

    I love how picture perfect your table is! My parents got us a Breville toaster oven that is also a convection oven for our wedding – it is a LIFE SAVER at holidays because we can use it as a normal oven. It’s small but it’s great for pies and such. My favorites from yesterday was the bourbon spiced-pecan pie I made and cornbread dressing!

    • Heather says

      November 26, 2011 at 10:54 am

      oh that sounds so yummy!

  2. KristynKG says

    November 25, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Happy Thanksgiving!
    Favorite food from yesterday? Crawfish cornbread dressing – YUM!

  3. irunthere4iam says

    November 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    Looks like you two had a fabulous day! It sure is hard cooking for just two people, especially for big holidays. Since I’m a vegetarian, we just bought two turkey thighs and I made those for my husband. Favorite food from yesterday? I made a new kind of pie – sweet potato, apple, and cranberry pie with maple glazed walnut topping! It turned out to be great!

    • Heather says

      November 26, 2011 at 10:53 am

      oh that sounds good!

  4. jen says

    November 25, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    Looks like a great thanksgivng! Congrats on your first pumpkin pie. ๐Ÿ™‚

    My fav.? hmmm I do love stuffing and my mom made some kind of corn casserole yesterday that was pretty darn good.

  5. Karen says

    November 25, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    It’s all too cute!! :0) The food looks yummy, too!
    Guess what? Madalynn and Bella have the same Cookie Taster shirt! :0) LOL

  6. Rach says

    November 25, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    Aww looks like you guys had a great Thanksgiving. I love that you still had a big feast even with just the two of you. It’s so good to celebrate! ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Tabetha says

    November 26, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Your meal looked great! Since I’m living/working on a ship, I really miss the opportunity to cook all my favorites. The restaurant had pumpkin cheesecake instead of pumpkin pie. It was good – but your pie looked better to me!

  8. Suzanne says

    November 28, 2011 at 8:36 am

    Great Thanksgiving post Heather! Looks like you guys had a perfect day!

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