Getting ready for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just 2 days away and I'm really looking forward to it. Travis has Friday and Monday off, so he'll have a nice long break.  We are hosting Travis's family (his parents, grandparents, and brother) and my sister and her boyfriend. There will be 10 of us all together. I took Avery to the grocery store yesterday and we picked out a turkey! Travis has been complaining that we haven't had enough leftovers in recent years, so I picked out a 23 pound turkey this year. We are also planning on having lots of sides including sweet potato casserole, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, ham, venison roast, and stuffing. I usually stuff the turkey, but I've been checking out some different recipes, and I am going to try brining the turkey, and making a separate sausage stuffing casserole. Hopefully it will turn out well. If not, there will also be lots of pies!

We always start our day with the turkey trot, and then come home and make the turkey and watch the parade (my favorite!) It helps to make me not feel so bad eating tons of food. This year Kelsey got some awesome turkey hats for us to wear in the turkey trot! We will be so festive...I hope to get some cute pictures! It's supposed to snow for the next 2 days, and let up on Thanksgiving, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to run with Avery or not.  It's not the cold I worry about; it's more that I don't want to worry about falling with her or pushing the stroller in a snow/ice mix - that's just not fun.  I did take her for a 2.6 mile run yesterday, and she did great! I'll just have to wait and see!

I'm going to be working on a few table decorations today, and I want to make our table look nice. If I achieve this, I'll post a few pics!


Update: I have my table ready for Thanksgiving!!

And of course Avery has her place at the table!

I can't wait until Thursday!!