Instead of eating our Thanksgiving meal together, Mom suggested we have a pie party out in our backyard Thanksgiving Eve.
She provided multiple yummy pies and fixings.
Shivering, we gathered around...
I believe it was in the 40s that day.
Ben didn't seem to mind the cold and was just thrilled to be outside!!!
We had a grand old time!
Seriously, the pies were amazing though :)
We're glad Jo and T were in town and could join us as well!
After the pie we turned on "On Moonlight Bay" per tradition and I prepped a bunch of food.
The next day there wasn't a whole lot to do on my part.
Andy cooked the turkey roast in the Instant pot with great success!
I know the spread doesn't look super impressive but for me this was a big deal!
Andy and I had never prepared a whole Thanksgiving meal all on our own before so I was pretty proud!
Rolls, salad, mashed potatoes, green beans, creamed cheese corn, stuffing, mac and cheese and turkey and gravy.
I had asked everyone the week before one or two things they wanted to make sure we served. Hence the mac and cheese :) Thank you Matt.
The kids had made a couple of pumpkin pies the week before over Zoom with the young men and young women so I had frozen one to save for Thanksgiving. Josh also requested a chocolate cream pie so I had him make it. I thought it was pretty fun that the kids made all the pies :)
We had a lovely meal with just our little family.
What a pleasant experience it was!
We have so much to be grateful for as a family.
Love this crew!!!
