THANKSGIVING DINNER

This little story began about two weeks ago when I asked my mother-in-law what she wanted to do for her birthday, did she want to go out to dinner or come over and I would cook or just have her and Bob go out to dinner. Well, she decided to just come over to our house for dinner. So I asked her what her favorites were so I knew what to cook. Of course being a wife to a very picky eater she didn't know what her favorites were. So I left her house last Sunday night not knowing what I was going to do for this women for dinner. Monday as I was vacuuming (I get most of my good thoughts while I am vacuuming) I decided we needed to do a Thanksgiving dinner. Last Thanksgiving my in-laws ate at Bob's sisters house and it was not a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Vaunette has yet to get over the fact the her Thanksgiving was ruined because she did not get turkey or mashed potatoes. I figured if she is still upset about a dinner a year later this must be one of her favorites. I called up Jennifer and arranged for her and Jeff to come down for dinner, which was a plus because they will be having Thanksgiving this year with Jeff's family. I was a little nervous because I have never done Thanksgiving dinner before. A few years back Jordan and I hosted Thanksgiving dinner, but my mom still did almost all of the cooking! With a lot of phone calls to my mother and 9 hours in the kitchen yesterday,

My turkey started like this:

And ended like this:

I would say my first Thanksgiving dinner was a success!