Turkey Time

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year for the first time ever. We alternate each year between eating with my family and Ryan's family and this year was with Ryan's family. Now that we've got Natalie we thought it might be nice to have everyone over to our house. Ryan decided to follow Alton Brown's advice and put the turkey in a brine bath to make it really moist & tender. Here is the before and after:





Alton Brown's advice for brining the turkey to make it super moist was dead-on; it was the most moist Thanksgiving turkey we've ever had.... but, some of the different spices & ingredients in the brine recipe weren't flavors that we really cared for... oh well, it was still good!

Here are some cute pics from Thanksgiving day:


Exploring the magazine basket with Daddy


Natalie and her Grandma Sharon


Our first Thanksgiving as a family


Look at that big cheesy smile; she is so proud of herself for reading that book


Waving at the camera with her second cousin Angie


Reading books with Great Aunt Linda Kay