This year we hosted Thanksgiving at our house. Its always a lot of work, but I enjoy cooking for others. We probably had a little more food than we needed, but I love having lots of extra leftovers! We did some prep before, including making the homemade noodles the Sunday before. It was our first attempt at them, and I say they turned out more than perfect. I gave Todd the job of peeling potatoes the night before. That ended up being a mistake, as the potatoes clogged our kitchen sink. So we started Thanksgiving morning with a plumbing problem. I hate calling plumbers, as growing up, dad was the plumber. We tried draino and then liquid plumber and nothing helped. So we proceeded with Thanksgiving, assuming the sink would have to wait until the next day. That meant I could run my dishwasher either. However, one side of the sink was draining fine, so we could get by. After suffering all day with a compromised sink, Chris brought up the idea of plunging it. What do you know-it fixed the problem! Here's some pictures of the day.
Our first attempt at noodles - YUM
Todd peeling potatoes (yes, this is what clogged the sink!)
Cookies
Homemade angel food cake :)
The sink that (almost) ruined the day - or so I thought it did
Todd taking pictures of more food!
Dolly and Chris were there early
My find: Gingerbread martini's. So yummy!
That's eggnog cheesecake on the left - my favorite dessert ever!
After dinner basking
Todd's Birthday cake
I hope he made a wish!
The boys doing sake bombs... thanks, Russ for bringing that.....
A couple of my favorite peeps in Phoenix - both Iowa grads!
