Thanksgiving with Uncle Randy!

My brother Randy came to

spend Thanksgiving with us!

It was seriously such a fun time

having him here!

The kids loved him so much...they

warmed up to him in about, oh, 5 minutes! lol.

Thanksgiving day was spent doing several things...

playing lots of wii :), preparing lots of yummy food,
eating said food, and just hanging out enjoying

the company.

Randy peeled and cut all the potatoes...

and he was the one who found an awesome recipe

for our Yams....they were "sups good!" lol.

Just like last year, Greg was in charge of

the turkey. He did a great job!

The turkey was really good! And we've already

found some tips on how to make it

even better next year...

I made the rolls, but the recipe makes a lot,

so I also made a loaf of bread and some

italian bread. yum!

Making the rolls got slightly dramatic.

While my kitchen aid was busy mixing

the dough, it all the sudden clicked and turned off.

aaaggghhh! Really?? Right in the middle of making

bread that I was already behind on and was supposed

to be in the oven already?? So, I plugged it into a different

socket and still didn't work. whaa-haa! So, I took the dough out

and started to knead it (what else could I do, right?).

Well, for starters I could try a socket that didn't belong

to the same breaker as the nonworking one. lol...

turns out that when I poured the water into the dough mix,

I spilled horribly and it was dripping off the counter into

the socket. oops. We ended up plugging the kitchen aid to

a different wall and it worked again.

All was well....and the rolls were delish. :)

whew.

Our little handy helper...

Yay for a yummy looking turkey!

(and don't worry...its a 23 lb. turkey for 3 people. lol)

peeling potatoes..

finishing up the rolls after the

dramatic dough experience.

finally time to eat!!

So g.o.o.d.

mmmmm!

We love you Uncle Randy!

Thank you for spending this holiday with us!!

As I mentioned before, we spent a lot of our

free time on the wii. Luke was excited to

show Randy all of his favorite games.

We played lots of Sports Resort (How about

Randy beat my basketball score on his 2nd try! Really??),

Mario Bro. Wii, and Tetris Party.

It was really fun playing....I think we helped him

see the need of having a wii. He's going to buy

one when he gets home!

Also, on Friday Randy and I got to go out to a movie

and hang out for about 4 hours. It was a lot of fun!

Since he works in TX every once in a while

we'll look forward to seeing him again soon!