Thanksgiving Weekend

Yum! Normally we deep fry our Thanksgiving turkey, but this year Jeff wasn't feelin' the deep fry thing (when we deep fry, the turkey is completely his responsibility). So, this year was actually the first time we have ever roasted a turkey in the oven. I was nervous, because oven turkeys are completely my responsibility. You always hear horror stories about dry turkey and forgetting to take out the giblets, etc. But, I'm happy to report that my turkey - sporting my homemade lemon oregano rub - was delicious!

Our Thanksgiving guests this year were our neighbors, Patty and Joe. We just love them to pieces. They are our family away from family. They are one of the main reasons Indiana feels like home to us.

After dinner, Morgan and Patty were playing a game on Patty's iPhone. I don't know what the game is called, but it features a dog and cat newscaster team and Morgan finds it hilarious!

The day after Thanksgiving, we continued what is now our annual tradition of going to cut down our own Christmas tree!

Can you feel the excitement ...

Jeff and I were cracking up at Morgan the whole car ride to the tree farm. She was in a quiet mood where she wasn't saying much. To us, she looked miserable in her silence and at the same time hilarious in Jeff's sunglasses.

 

Jeff dragging our tree while Morgan follows.

We finally got our tree home (we didn't have enough cash for it and had to go find a bank because they didn't take debit cards) and were able to take the now also annual Daddy-Daughter photo next to the car with the tree tied on top. If you go to the link above and look at last year's post, you'll notice quite a difference from the photo below to the similar photo from last year. Like a 45 degree difference in temperature. Hooray for a November heat wave!