The properly dressed half of the turkey!!

It seems like in all the Hollywood movies, you go to Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. Well, Mookie got to do that. Didn't get to see her much 'cause they don't get along, but he did get to go to her house. The rest of us had a great time at Brooke's! She cooked a terrific turkey and lots of veggies! I'm still stuffed!! Kevin got to watch a little football and unfortunately the Cowboys won! But I guess his fantasy players did well so he has something to be thankful for!! So here are a few pictures of the day. Including one of me apparently feeling Martha Stewartish!

Jazzy vs the turkey!

Kevin gets to know Mookies side of the family.

Half of the Naked Turkey from today!

So I have the beginning photos from today. Kevin/Martha have the rest that they will post at another time... they are driving still on their way home. The time spent was wonderful and all too short! Aron and his friend/coworker Rich enjoyed dinner with us. It was great time and the food was delicious..... thanks for all your help Martha. The Pumpkin Pie was DELICIOUS!!!

Happy Turkey Day!

Today is the day that we have all been waiting for. It's the one time of the year that we can guarantee people will visit with pictures and stories about their Naked Turkey experience.

Ours has a typical theme. Samantha went shopping for Thanksgiving on Monday, and saw an 11 pound turkey, and a 22 pound turkey. She thought, "If I'm gonna cook a turkey, then I may as well cook a big one; then we can eat leftovers for a month." So we have a 22 pound turkey, and we are using a new recipe that Samantha's mother found the Real Simple website; Roast Turkey with Paprika and Thyme. Lord knows that all we have is time on a day like today.

So, without further adieu, I present our 22 pound Naked Turkey that weighs 8 pounds less than Zachary.

Now here is one with the spices rubbed on top.

A little before Thanksgiving treat

Kevin's niece gave us this lovely link. Scroll down to witness a "sweet" variation of the Naked Turkey!!

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/



HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

Hoping for a Naked Turkey

We all know how much Zachary likes to sit and play in the refrigerator. Today, he discovered that there is a turkey sleeping in there. You can see that Zachary is completely turned around while looking at the turkey resting peacefully on the shelf.

For good times sake, Zachary also decided to have a seat and relax his hot bum in the fridge.

Zachary is ready to chow down and get this Naked Turkey party started right.

Single Dad

Samantha is in Houston for the weekend, so I get to be a single father for a couple of days. A one year old can certainly wear you out. We both took a nap this morning after going to the gym.

Zachary played in the childcare center while I went for a run. I thought about running outside, but the wind is a bit much today (gusting to 25 mph).

Recently Zachary decided to do some rearranging of our refrigerator, and I thought I would post this special video for only this group to see.

Life is fun

Just wanted to touch base with everyone on here since I don't always get to talk to all of you. Life has been fun here in Houston since Ike. My store has managed to turnover nearly half of the staff and half of the managers so I am in the middle of getting people hired and trained so that we don't fall on our faces during the holiday season.

So needless to say I'm going to be working a lot between now and christmas, which means I'm taking vacation in the spring. Of course I'm heading up north to visit Brooke/Rich/Jazzy...but I may extend my vacation a little and go snowboarding while we are up there.

Hope everyone is doing great! I wish I had cool pics of halloween, but I closed that night so I did nothing...haha Story of my life for all of the fun holidays!

Happy Halloween

Zachary had a great time going around to the neighborhood homes to see what they had.

He figured out pretty quickly that you are supposed to go to the front door and get the homeowners attention. Unfortunately, he did that even when the homeowner was sitting on the driveway. Then Zachary discovered that banging on glass storm doors can be fun.

Zachary had so much fun that he even did a dance.