Thanksgiving 2009

I'm finally posting my Thanksgiving 2009 pictures . . .

I didn't take as many this year, but here's a few:

Les and Russell prepping one of the turkeys:


Les and Melanie getting the "trash can turkey" ready to go:



Les working on the "trash can turkey"


Matt deep frying the other turkey:


The deep fried turkey:


My nephew Christian and Jeffery hanging out in our trailer:


Ryan on his motorcyle:


Mom with her 66th birthday cake:


Ryan and his Granny. Ryan LOVES his Granny!!


A couple of shots of all of us at the table:

The Comeback

Well, I was going through a kind of rough patch so I wasn't posting and was a very bad blogger!! I'm doing so much better now and feeling so happy. Plus I'm on vacation and I still have a week to go!!

So, to update . . .

I'll start with Thanksgiving. We camped, as usual, with Matt's sister Cindy and her family, and sister Melanie and her husband Les. Melanie's son Christian didn't show, much to the dismay of Jeffery, who in turn had no one to hang with.

We had the usual fare, but Les cooked one of the turkeys in an unusual way. He made "Trash Can Turkey." You put foil on the ground, the turkey on a stake in the ground over the foil, and a metal trash can over the turkey, top down. Then, spread coals around the bottom and on the top. I guess this somehow creates a vacuum, or convection-type effect, and cooks the turkey in about 2 hours! Here are the pics:

The turkey as it was cooking:



Taking the turkey out:









The turkey fell off the stake at some point, but it still turned out perfectly! Everyone raved about how good it was!!



OK, that's all for now, I will catch you up on December/Christmas soon.

Randomness . . .

Ryan decided that he wanted to be a vampire AFTER Halloween was over . . .


So cute!


I was feeling a bit down the past couple of days, but this little guy always makes me feel better when I'm down:



I just love the look on his face in that picture!


I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving so we can finally go camping and I'll have some time to spend with family and for fun.


Happy Weekend!