Friendsgiving

 For thanksgiving this year we stayed home and oh my gracious it was so nice! Since we weren't having any family come we decided to do Friendsgiving. Caleb (a friend of Jakob's from his home ward in Vegas) just moved to Missouri a few months ago with his wifey. We still hadn't met her so we invited them up... and they said yes which meant I actually had to make a thanksgiving dinner..... YIKES! 

After putting on a Thanksgiving dinner last year with Janet I wasn't TOTALLY freaked out about the sides but the turkey had me terrified! After chatting with Mom Tobler and Melanie I made up a plan.

Jakob was in charge of handling the bird. We got our turkey from Target and I will totally be going back there again. It came with a packet of the most delicious gravy inside of it! (Another thing I was super stressed out about!) Winning!!!!

All stuffed with veggies and ready to go!

So beautiful!

Okay, turkey = piece of cake! I was so impressed with how simple it was especially since we cooked it in a bag.

The rest of the meal I cheated on... cranberries (from a can), sweet potatoes (from scratch and received lots of compliments. I used this recipe.) Mashed Potatoes (done by Jakob), turkey, stuffing (from a box), fresh green beans, and rolls (from a bag). Oh and Dixie salad which I left in the fridge and totally forgot about. Tiffani brought Pumpkin Cheesecake and Berry Pie. Delish!

Cheating or not it was fantastic and I was pretty proud of us!

Caleb and his wifey Tiffani. 

The best shot I got of the group! FAIL! It was great meeting Tiffani and visiting with Caleb! We are looking forward to seeing them more now that they live 2 hours away!!!

This year instead of a gratitude tree we did a gratitude chalkboard. It was lots of fun!

And once Caleb and Tiff headed home, it was snuggle time. It was a wonderful thanksgiving!!!! We have so much to be thankful for. Family, friends, our home, our health, our jobs, our Savior, our ward family, our warm beds, clean water, my dear husband and the list goes on and on. We are so blessed!