Our First Thanksgiving

Chet and I spent our first thanksgiving, as a married couple, in Texas. He couldn't go further than 250 miles outside the base so we spent the holiday at my Mom and Ron's, which was a blast! It was one of the best weekends because Chet and I got to spend time together from Wednesday evening until Sunday evening, which is the longest time we've spent together since he left for training in July. Also, nanny, Bill, Chris, Courtney and Nick all came to Texas for thanksgiving, and it was so great having everybody together. The only problem was it went by too fast. Before I knew it the weekend was over and Chet and I had to say our goodbye's again.

Thanksgiving morning Chet and I got up at 5:30am to check-out of our hotel, sign him out at his dorm and drive two hours to Mom's house. The drive is never bad because I get to spend quality time with my love, which is my love language. :-) We got to the house safely and had a delicious sausage and egg casserole with cinnamon rolls. Great way to start out the holiday! After that breakfast we definitely had to go for a walk. It was in the high 40's so we had to bundle up. Ron's family came over later in the afternoon and there ended up being 27 people at their house. Mom and Ron cooked two delicious turkey's with so many side dishes. It was yummy! I had to watch how my mom prepared the turkey because next year I'll be doing it in Montana with Chetters! :-) Now if you know me well enough you would know that I get grossed out with certain raw meats. It wasn't the most pleasant thing to see my mom open up the cavity, pull out the liver, boil the neck (which is used for the gravy.....eewwww), wash the turkey, dry it and stuff the stuffing inside the turkey with her bare hands........yikes! All I have to say is next Thanksgiving might be a bit difficult when having to prep the turkey.
The following day Chet and I made two quiches: sausage and broccoli and sausage and spinach served with zucchini bread or pumpkin bread. We're practicing now for the Bed and Breakfast. Afterwards we went over the Ron's sisters house. The guys golfed while my mom, Chloe and I followed behind with another golf cart. After the game was over we did more eating!!!!
Saturday my mom made danish abelskiver's, which is a family breakfast we make every Christmas Eve morning and sometimes Thanksgiving. Later on we all headed to the Fort Worth Stockyards and had fun walking around, shopping and eating at a delicious steak house. People are right when they say Texas steak is the best.
Overall, we had a great Thanksgiving. I just wasn't ready to say goodbye to Chet again, but soon enough this will all be over with. It's crazy how fast time if flying by and it's already December 1st, which means we fly to Montana in just 21 days. :-) Woooooo Hooooo