Thanksgiving 2008

Our good friend Jacalyn came to visit us for Thanksgiving. We had such a great visit even though it was only for a couple of days. Our day started bright and early Tuesday morning when Jac arrived. We went straight downtown and had breakfast at our favorite spot in Pikes Market downtown, we got hot chocolate at the original Starbucks, tried on silly hats in Anthropologie (where we bought matching boots!), and enjoyed a fun, rainy Seattle day!Wednesday morning we started our turkey in the brine. After putting all of the brine mixture and turkey into the brining bag, we discovered a leak. We then had to transfer all to another bag and in the process dumped a bunch of the solution ALL OVER the kitchen! After cleaning up the mess we ran up to Bellevue to do a quick Christmas run and then got some grocery shopping done for our feast the next day. That night we hit two movies (and paid for both of them)!! We saw Four Christmases and then we had to see Twilight again, together. We also wanted Troy to see it, however he was less than thrilled!Thanksgiving started bright and early with a trip over to Gig Harbor for the Turkey Trot. No one was very motivated to get up that morning, but we were all pretty happy after we did! The weather was chilly, but beautiful and sunny. After our walk we stopped for donuts and chocolate milk. We then headed home and started our turkey on the grill. This was my first "real" turkey I've made and I must say it was FABULOUS. The turkey was so moist and tasted EXTREMELY good! I know I'm biased, but seriously, it was good! While I was cooking Troy put up the tree and then Jac decorated it. I didn't do one thing with putting up my tree this year and I was completely okay with it!
Thanks again Jac for decorating my tree, making yummy appetizers and providing lots of love and laughter!!!