Freeman Family Thanksgiving

Brent and I had a cozy + sweet Thanksgiving together this year.  While I was at work, he slaved away at home, carving the smoked turkey that we bought + putting together all of the side dishes.  Our menu included:

• Smoked turkey and/or Ham (ham was from Heavenly Ham)
• Mashed potatoes
• Cornbread stuffing
• Green beans with almonds
• Turkey gravy
• Yeast rolls
• Pumpkin pie
• Chocolate chip cookies

I never realized that carving a turkey was serious business.  Brent watched a tutorial on You Tube and then got to work.  It was perfect!  I was super impressed – not only that he did such a great job with the turkey, but that he organized and prepared the entire meal + cleaned the entire house while I was at work.  I must say again that I am SUPER IMPRESSED and overwhelmed and so grateful for such a fantastic husband!!!!

After we ate our meal, we hung out together with the pugs – he watched some sports, I read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (fantastic!), then we ate chocolate chip cookies while watching The Ex.  It came out in 2006 but we had never heard of it before – it was so funny!

Then, as you can see in the picture above and below, the tryptophan set in.  Either that, or poor old Milly got a bellyache from all of the food!  Her just can’t control herself!

Last year’s Freeman Family Thanksgiving Celebration

• Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Eve
• Halfway Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Work was very, very slow in the ICUs today. Brent came at 11 and ate lunch with me at the hospital’s free Thanksgiving dinner. It was the first time I had ever tasted sweet potato casserole and it was so good!!! Like a dessert! I can’t believe I have been missing out on it all these years.

When I came home from work, Brent had been cooking up a storm. He prepared our entire Thanksgiving meal, which consisted of Heavenly Ham, Heavenly Ham’s cornbread dressing, green beans, squash, okra, mashed potatoes, and cheddar biscuits. We saved our pecan pie from lunch for dessert.

However, the star of the show was not the ham or even the veggies from Thelma’s garden, but…………

Brent’s very own biscuits made from scratch (not the cheddar biscuits mentioned above)!! Honestly, the were the best biscuits I have ever tasted – they were crunchy on the outside and had the consistency of cake on the inside. I’m not sure how he did it, but Brent-1, Christen-0. Last time I tried biscuits we ended up going to Cracker Barrel.

After our meal, I crashed on the couch for about 3 hours while Brent watched football. Sometimes it seems like the less I do, the more exhausted I am. Slow days at work just make me really, really sleepy for some reason. We had talked about going to see a movie or even going for a walk, but Brent was legitimately tired after all of the cooking and we just decided to stay in. When I woke up, he had even cleaned the entire kitchen, which I said I would do……what a man!

Tomorrow is Halfway Thanksgiving! Can’t wait!