So...Steve and I went to the grocery store on Tuesday after I finished parent /teacher conferences and bought food for our Thanksgiving dinner in ABQ

I love cooking in my kitchen...I have a lot of counter space and it just fun to cook in...I spent all day Wednesday cooking so Thursday would be an enjoyable day...I put a lot of food items in the crock pot after to warm up on Thursday and it also made clean up so much easier...

Sis. Bullock taught me while we were living in Japan to cook ahead and if you need to freeze the food and warm it up on Thanksgiving Day...I didn't freeze anything, but it makes it so nice not to have a lot of clean up at the same time you are trying to put a meal on the table...

I totally enjoyed making pies for our dinner...the one on the left is Steve's favorite...raisin pie...and the one on the right is apple pie...

I also make coconut cream and lemon meringue pies...

Our fabulous turkey...

Steve found a cooking show that gave instructions on carving your turkey...all three of us watched and then Steve did his magic on the bird...

We invited our neighbors to join us...

pulled out the nice china and crystal...

so enjoyed our time...we did miss being with our family in Idaho, but were happy we weren't stranded on the freeway somewhere...