{ turkey day }

This Thanksgiving was extra special because it was the first real holiday meal and celebration that we have hosted in our new house!

 

And it was even more fun because Oliver and Stella were really excited for the "party" and liked talking about the holiday. Though when we talked about eating turkey for Thanksgiving, Oliver would get very serious and say "no, no eat turkey.....we only pretend to eat turkey". A vegetarian in the making?

They also contributed by making some table decorations in art class

The prep started the day before when I began working on the dessert, a Double Carrot Cake Cheesecake.

If you've ever made cheesecake from scratch, you know it isn't an easy task. It involved baking the cheesecake in an inch of hot water, cooling for a few hours, in the fridge for a few more, and overnight in the freezer. There were a few panics along the way (long story!) but it ended up being super yummy! How can it not be with this as the layers: carrot cake, cream cheese frosting, cheesecake, cream cheese frosting, carrot cake, cream cheese frosting, and then sprinkled with carrot cake.

Grandpa/Grandma C, Shawn, and the Christensens joined us and helped fill the table.

With contributions from everyone, we stuffed ourselves with a lot of good food. Which, for the kids, was topped off with dirt dessert cake, worms and all!

A very blessed and thankful day. Gobble, gobble!