Thanksgiving 2017

Happy Thanksgiving from our Home to yours. 🦃
This is the first year we've done a "family" dinner and made everything at home.
Also the first year I've ever cooked a Turkey... It turned out ok saying I cooked it about 3 hours too long 😶 

I was in charge of cooking the Turkey, and that was an adventure I dont think I will volunteer to do again. I bought a 13# Turkey, and put it in the fridge to start thawing on Monday. That sucker was still solid Wednesday night. So I had to do a "quick thaw" and put in in the kitchen sink with cold water. But because the water had to stay Very cold to keep the meat from going bad, I had to get up EVERY 2 HOURS all night long and fill the sink with ice. 

Then at 7 am I got up, pulled all the gross insides out, and got it in the oven. The bag said it would be cooked in a few hours.

So a few hours go by and I get my brand new meat thermometer out and test it. It was nowhere near 165 degrees. I put it back in and tested in every 45 mins to an hour. And hour after hour it remained around 130 degrees. 

Finally after 6 AND A HALF HOURS, I tested the temperature and it said it was 120 degrees??

Turns out the gauge was defective. 

Its a miricle that Turkey wasnt crispy when we took it out. But it ended up being pretty good and we had a nice dinner.

 Our Traditional family around the table picture. 

 Our little Thanksgiving Dinner. Everyone choose thier favorite dish and made it. It was small and simple but very good!

Im glad we got to spend this Holliday together.