Monday, December 21, 2009

Thanksgiving Weekend......a little late


Thanksgiving was a very exciting time for us. We had a pretty big group staying with us and an even bigger one at Thanksgiving dinner. The excitement started Saturday night when T's parents showed up. We hung out for the rest of the week until his brother and sister-in-law showed up around midnight the night before Thanksgiving!

In preparation for Thanksgiving I made potato rolls (a Higginson family tradition) and a cheesecake recipe we got off the back of a Candy Cane Kiss bag (Candy Cane Kiss Cheesecake). I messed it up a little bit, but it still turned out great! On Thanksgiving day I had the opportunity to cook my first real Turkey (I had only previously made a Turkey Breast...not quite the same). We bought a roaster so we wouldn't have to use the oven for the turkey and would have room to cook everything else. It turned our really good, thanks to the help I received from my mother-in-law!

Later that afternoon T's Aunt, Uncle, and two of his cousins joined us at our new house for our first T & C Kruger family Thanksgiving! Everybody that attended brought or made lots of food! We had more than enough for all of us! Plus plenty for everyone to have for several days to come! I personally ate way too much! I don't know why I do that to myself. I think everyone really enjoyed the food and the company!

Tom's brother also brought his WII along with the country band game. I was happy he brought the country version, because I actually knew the songs. I've played these games before, but I never could sing with them because I didn't know the old rock and roll songs that are on those games. Country however is up my aisle. Everybody had a great time!






















7 comments:

Janssen said...

Well done! Looks like a lovely event.

Miriam said...

Some time I want to try some Wii game, they look fun! And I with I'd been there to taste that candy cane cheesecake, that sounds right up my alley!

Christine said...

That looks like a lot of fun! I have yet to cook my own turkey ... still putting that one off.

Tom said...

For those few moments I was a rock star. The time was so fleeting.

Tara said...

I love the picture of Tom rocking it out. The picture of the cheesecake makes me hungry.

Shirley said...

What did you do with your old table?

Chelsea said...

I gave my old table back to the people that gave it to us when we moved here. It was pretty small and she's going to use it as a sewing table.