Thanksgiving at Noelle's

Happy Thanksgiving all- Love this picture of Ben and Carter.  

Thanksgiving was at Noelle's this year and it was a dual celebration since it was also Cooper's 3rd birthday.  He wanted everyone to have birthday hats so we made turkey hats.

Everyone got into it and it got very competitive.  They were all quite fun!

Ben brought his little bottles of Spiced Rum.  He wouldn't share with anyone.

The host and hostess... Thanks for your wonderful hospitality!

Smile girls, say "gobble, gobble"!

Such a sweet father and son moment!

Even Suzie got to wear a hat.  Fortunately, she tolerated it well.

Thanks for your help Mom.  I love my hat!

The birthday boy and his mommy.  Isn't this adorable?!

Sitting around talking about who knows what!

Grammy and her grandsons.

Happy birthday to me.  Thanks for the turkey cupcakes Mom!

Buddy says "please, please, please can't I have a small bite?"

Look at my new bike everybody!

Tayler had to go for a spin.  Nice boots T!

There wasn't one picture of the wonderful turkey dinner but we had to end with dessert.                             Yeah for Creme de Menthe shots!

Another Turkey Day in the books.  We are so grateful for our friends and family.

Basting the Turkey

So it was Ben and Jordan's responsibility to prepare the turkey for cooking.  Ben decided to inject it with a garlic butter mixture.  But first they had to wash the turkey...

 Uh Oh, he took his jacket off.  I think he is enjoying this a little too much!

 Don't they look so serious?  They were very focused on doing their job but don't let this picture fool you.  They were acting up right before and right afterward.  In fact, the next picture... well it will speak for itself!

Jordan jokingly said he had a toothache. Ben quickly offered to numb the gums and use his pliers to pull the tooth.  Ugh, it's like two teenage boys sometimes! 

 So the injections finally finished and the turkey was wrapped and left to marinate overnight.  After preparing all the cooking areas, the turkey was slowly lowered into the fryer.  It was some yummy turkey!  Unfortunately, I have no idea what happened to the finished picture, sad :( 

Stay tuned for the next group of pictures!

LSU is on top again!  Yeah baby, headed to the National Championships!

Save the Date- January 9, 2012