Thanksgiving! I woke up really early on Thursday for some reason. Everyone came over pretty early: my dad, stepmom, two stepbrothers (who I was really happy to see), Uncle Daryl, and Aunt Laura (Aunt Cheryl had stayed overnight). For breakfast, we had my Mamaw’s biscuits and chocolate gravy!! MMMM! (Chocolate gravy is not gravy with chocolate in it–it’s basically homemade chocolate syrup, in case I grossed you out!) We started making Thanksgiving dinner around 11 or 12, not sure which.

The men cooked the turkey in some kind of pot outside.

My stepmom made fudge and sweet potato (casserole?) with pecans in it and the little marshmallows on top (yum to both!). Amber and I made the devilled eggs because that’s what we love best. We raced to see who could peel the most boiled eggs while they were still hot–I think she won. I peeled potatoes for mashed taters.

Amber sliced celery.

 

Papaw sliced onions for the stuffing.

Mamaw made the stuffing (probably the best food we had!). 

Amber made a green bean casserole. We didn’t have a table for all of us to sit down at, so we kind spread ourselves out in the living room. My Uncle came in with my Aunt sometime after dinner, so I got to see her, too. After dinner, we all sat around and watched football (I can’t remember which teams) until it was time for everyone to leave. That ended up being the only day I got to see my stepbrothers because they left the next morning. So we had pictures taken of the four of us. At some point, everyone else left (me, Amber, and Cheryl were the only ones who stayed with Mamaw and Papaw because of lack of space) and we all went to bed!