happy thanksgiving!!!

alexis hates cooking. she swears that she will never cook, why would she when she can just go out to eat? (her rational, not mine.)

but i somehow convinced her to cook with me as one of her 10-hour young womens value projects. there are 8 values, and she needs a 10-hour project for each before she can get her drivers permit.

anywho, i figured pie making for thanksgiving would be a great start and at this point any knowledge of cooking/baking/food that she gains is great!

(cause there's not much there:)

i took one funny picture of her on my phone and then this was the best i could do with the camera.

rest assured, a good time was had by all (ha!) and the pies were delicous.

and only one of those statements is untrue. :)
the mess.

on thanksgiving morning, matt and christian went to their 3rd annual turkey bowl and addie did some hiding.

the girlies and i watched some macy's thanksgiving parade, pretty cool cause we know several people that were there this year. but even though we looked for them, we didn't see anybody we knew. :(

(not that i expected to be able to, but you know.)

addie took some pictures.

she kept saying "okay, just one more! smile! okay, now just one more! okay, now..."

we had a super lazy, super nice day. christian got me started reading the hunger games with him, so i was pretty hooked and didn't really feel like cooking. we finally ate around 7, and even though it was late, it was one of the yummiest thanksgivings ever!

matt fried another turkey, and we all agreed this was his best so far!

(bringing the greasy turkey inside is always a little tricky!)

getting ready to grub!

i cut addie out accidently, but (almost) everyone else looks good, so oh well.

dinner was so yummy!

and this chick's tough to please!

so is this one, but she ate that drumstick like it was her j-o-b! ;)

while lexi has grown out (mostly) of her photo dodging, christian is still very much a dodger.

my girls love them some drumsticks!

and an "after" shot. 

and it was a very delicous thanksgiving indeed!