Thanksgiving Weekend at the McDanel House

We had such a great time hosting my parents for Thanksgiving this year! It was relaxing for everyone (aside from me working.) We spent the weekend roasting weinies and having a fire in the pit in our backyard. We also decorated for Christmas and did a little shopping.

Our Front door for Thanksgiving/Fall 2009

Fire in the hole! Jeff and Dad enjoying the fire they created!

The 2 of them are having a blast!

Dad roasting his weinie, and getting ready to eat it!!

So proud of his hotdog...

Thanksgiving morning hanging with the dogs!

Booker hanging out!

Dad playing chicken with Booker...too funny!

More chicken... Booker won't jump up to get it just yet!

Making sure the fire is out the next day! What a beautiful Thanksgiving morning... chilly with bright sun!

Our Turkey before................

Prepping the turkey!

Working together!

Getting ready to put the turkey in the oven!

How does this high tech thing work?!?!?

Dad making the green bean casserole... yes he is cooking!

Almost finished!

Stephanie is making the deviled eggs :) Yummy!

Finished product... eggs on Grandma Dulohery's Egg Dish!

Relish Tray

Turkey.... after. All done and boy does it look yummy! And it was really delicious!

Carving the turkey, we learned a technique that morning on the Today Show!

Cutting it against the grain, yummy chunks!

Stephanie's arugala salad.... cranberries, goat cheese, roasted walnuts over Arugula. Dressing is a yummy vineagarette!

Stuffing and homeade gravy! All the best Turkey Day things!

Salad and relish tray on my formal serving dishes! So happy they are now out of the box in my new kitchen and I actually got to use them!

Jeff's Cherry pie!

Fluting the pie... Jeff is an expert!

Pie ready to go in the oven...

Grandma Schroeder's China and our place setting!

Our Thanksgiving table, I thought it was festive anyways!

Our treat, some Prosecco from Italy! My favorite!

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!

All ready to eat!

Our first Thanksgiving as the hosts! We enjoyed it, start out small and maybe one day we will build our way up to a larger crowd!

Digging in.... Thanksgiving 2009, The Woodlands, Texas

Dog Door

Yay we have our doggie door! It' s the first day and Booker is acting like it's his old house again. What a good feeling to let him go in and out when he needs to. Hopefully he doesn't bark all day :)