Thanksgiving

This year will be my first Thanksgiving as a wife! Josh and I will be celebrating the holiday with my parents and brothers. Since I no longer live with my parents I decided it would be time for me to start assisting in the preparation of food.

My mom is big on everyone having the dish that makes the dinner “Thanksgiving” to them. She likes to make sure the holiday is special for all of us. For her and Aidan its green bean casserole, (not on mine or my dad’s top 10). Dad and I like sweet potato casserole, Nolan likes dinner rolls, and Josh likes pistachio pudding salad.

Since her and my dad will be taking care of the turkey, potatoes, stuffing, and other assorted sides, I volunteered to make sweet potato casserole, the pudding salad, and a pumpkin pie.

I have never made any of those things before.

It will be an interesting holiday dinner for sure, haha. I did my research and found recipes for each dish and went to the store to buy all the ingredients today.

The sweet potato casserole and pudding salad should be easy, but I was nervous about the pumpkin pie. Emphasis on the word “was.”  As I passed by the freezer section I noticed a box of frozen pumpkin pie on sale for just about $3. SOLD! I figured a store bought pie would be better than a homemade pie I messed up.

I cannot wait for this holiday! It will be so nice to spend time with my family and not have an agenda. We can just relax, enjoy good food, and great company.