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| our turkey : ) |
wow. thanksgiving (weekend) has already come and gone. it's hard to believe. i look forward to this time of year so much, and it never fails to fly by. quicker and quicker each year.
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| thanksgiving table |
thanksgiving was spent at my parents' house. my mom makes a killer thanksgiving dinner. we began prepping the day before and continued our kitchen duties thanksgiving morning while the macy's parade was on. and it snowed!
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| snow...snow...snow...snow...SNOW!!! |
i'm always in charge of the mashed potatoes and homemade cranberry sauce. my sister made homemade bread and rolls. and my mom prepared the turkey, stuffing and her traditional mushroom souffle. the food was spectacular.
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| han's homemade rolls on baking sheets |
the house felt "holidayish" and super cozy with fires blazing in both fireplaces. we visited with family and enjoyed food, cocktails and company. perfection.
fast-forward to saturday. we spent the day helping my parents' decorate their house for the holidays. generally we don't decorate for christmas quite so early, but they're hosting a baby shower for my cousin next weekend and the house has to be christmasfied by then : )
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| the big tree |
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| living room mantle |
we got and put up and decorated both trees (one for their living room and one for the great room), rearranged furniture, cleaned and prepped for the holidays/baby shower. it definitely got me in the holiday spirit.
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| small tree in living room |
then saturday night my parents had a party to go to, so i hung out with my sis and we had a girls' night. (craig was up with his family all weekend in ny.) we made homemade pizza. half with fresh tomato sauce, mozzarella, (delicious) chopped olives and thyme. the other half had caramelized onions, bleu cheese, fresh mozzarella and rosemary. omg. they were so good! we watched movies and enjoyed sister-time.
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| pizza pre-baking |
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| pizza post-baking. yum! |
sunday craig headed back down, and we worked on our own decorations back at our place. we got our tree situated in our family room and put lights on it and also decorated our barn with colorful strands of lights. it looks adorable. for dinner we enjoyed some thanksgiving leftovers my mom sent home with us : )
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| our cute baby tree |
so, how was everyone's thanksgiving weekend?
sounds like a wonderful weekend! Don't you just love sister time?! I know I enjoy spending one on one time with my sis =)
ReplyDeletewow your tree is huge!!!! i love this recap :)
ReplyDeleteI want to live in your parents' house. Sooo beautiful. And such a cute baby tree :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful atmospheric photography here, really captures the mood. You have really got me in the festive mood! That pizza has also made me hungry.
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Glad you had a good Thanksgiving! Mine was not as fun (or fabulous) as yours unfortunately :/
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