Some things even work upside down

So, I decided to be all prepared and make as many Thanksgiving day dishes on Wednesday and do as much prep work as I could. I chopped my onions and celery for the stuffing, made desserts, made sure all the silverware was out and clean. You know, just to get it out of the way. Well at about 10:30 Nate and I decided to get the turkey cleaned and put in the turkey bag and put in the pan. That way the only thing we would have to do this morning is pop it in the oven. Turkeys really aren't hard to cook, I discovered this last year after much nervousness about preparing my first turkey. Basically it's just several hours of tying up your oven. It is far easier to mess up the gravy. Anyway, we were being a little goofy getting the bird seasoned and put into the bag and we sat it on the rack upside down. We didn't even notice anything odd until Nate went to carve it and we couldn't find any white meat.

Nate: "Wow, where did you get this turkey, it's only got dark meat, and the bones are
weird?"
Me: "Albertson's, it was like free, what do you mean the bones are weird, the
vertebrae are right there."
Nate: "Hmmm, I think it is upside down. Yes, yes it is, look under here."

He points under the leg at all the white meat that is hiding there.

I thought this was all mildly embarrassing for a minute. Then I decided I didn't really care. And then eating some of the white meat decided it makes the turkey pretty juicy. That was really the only mishap of the day. And I don't even think anyone else knew/cared.

These are the people at the adult table. If you know any of them you can decide if you think they are adults or not. Sadly, I don't have a big enough room for all of us to eat at the same table, or a table big enough for that matter. But really, I don't want a room that has a table that seats like 40. When would I ever use that except for once a year. (Okay 40 people weren't here today, but if you count the whole fam we would close in on that number.) Though a table that big would be an awesome place for the kids to make forts. Hmmm.

We all headed over to the park and played a friendly game of football. It was friendly because no one got injured, though a lot of people found out how out of shape they are. I hate it when I find that kind of stuff out about myself. I like to remain my imaginary buff self, reality is harsh sometimes.

Game over when this one stole the ball. Roger was way happy though-he did not want to use the nerf ball, he wanted the real one. He was outvoted, the nerf ball doesn't hurt when you miss and it hits you in the head.

After football we came back and played Apples to Apples. I crack up at this game every time, it is such fun to see what people will pick. Everyone thinks Nate and I cheat a lot because we pick each others card more often that not. It's not cheating! We just know each other way better than the rest of you. That is what happens when you spend 11 years with someone, have three kids together and still love each other. You just happen to get to know that other person pretty well. So if that's cheating, well then, we are guilty. But I don't think so. It's pretty cutthroat, Apples to Apples, and I will take any advantage I can get so-pffft.

So-thank you all for coming, eating, sharing, bringing fun gift baskets, playing, talking, entertaining, and being great. We had a great Thanksgiving and I hope all of you out in blogland did as well. It is 8:28 and I am now ready for bed. Goodnight!

P.S. We missed you Marshall-give us a call.