In the beginning...

...there was a lot of cooking to do.  

It was a wonderful surprise that Wednesday night Steve showed up at the campsite to spend the night!  We thought we would be lucky if we got to see him on Thanksgiving Day at all - work has been sorta crazy lately.  However, he was able to make it out that night and stay overnight and until after Thanksgiving Dinner tonight! Addison was VERY happy to see her daddy whom she had asked for several times over the previous few days.  

He was able to spend time occupying Miss A while I spent most of my time in the kitchen that morning.  All good feasts require much preparation...and so it began.  

When all the work was done we had more than a feast.  We had a Fried Turkey (our first one ever), honey ham, two kinds of stuffing, scalloped potatoes (a new recipe courtesy of Jeff Vitt that was AMAZING), mashed potatoes, squash casserole, noodles, baked beans, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and key lime pie.  If I have left any food items off this list, it was certainly not for lack of wonderful taste but rather because there was so much it is hard to remember everything! 

My awesome brother (in law..but who's keeping track) Jeff made a fried turkey for the first time and let me just say, it was FABULOUS!  Jeff, I hereby pass the turkey maker crown to you buddy!  It was delicious...scary at first...but delicious!  

This whole family is nothing if we aren't serious about our food!  What a feast to be thankful for!