A "Deep Fried" Turkey Day

Thanksgiving has came and went and we got to have our first Thanksgiving dinner of our own since Genevieve's Mum was up in Rochester, NY awaiting the arrival of the next grandbaby.

Kenny got up early and ran in the Thanksgiving Day 10k race in Rio Rancho called the Hobbler Gobbler and set a new personal best of 54 mins 4 secs (on a hilly course in the rain) before heading home to help Genevieve with all the prep for the Thanksgiving day dinner

We planned to do the full big dinner of turkey with all the delicious trimmings (creamy mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, bread rolls, stuffing….all from scratch) made by Genevieve’s fair hand and with assistance of Miss Mac and Cameron.

We decided to deep fry our turkey instead of roasting and with the help of our friend Don (who has the turkey fryer and was joining us for dinner) the guys all ventured out into the cul-de-sac in the showery rain to fry up the bird.

It went great and we managed to avoid injuries, grease fires, 3rd degree burns etc and ended up with a very crispy, yet moist turkey.

Genevieve's Dad and brother Matt arrived and joined us for dinner too.

We all over ate (as always happens) and watched some football allow things to settle before we attacked the desserts…(yes plural). Genevieve baked furiously during the week and made apple crumble, apple and cherry tart and mini mince pies, which were all served with ice cream or whipped cream…..YUMMY!

All in all a day of feasting and being VERY thankful for all we have!