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We survived our first time hosting Thanksgiving!
 
 
But I have to give a major shout out to our parents. They brought over so much food and we barely had to do any of the cooking ourselves. The cooking that we did do involved a lot of oil and one turkey...
 
 
Our Menu
Deep Fried Turkey
Oven Roasted Ham
Chicken & Dressing
Broccoli Casserole
Squash Casserole
Macaroni & Cheese
Red Skin Mashed Potatoes
Butter Beans
Collards
Bread
Apple Cake + Ice Cream
 
 
There was so much food in our kitchen, y'all, you don't even understand. Our fridge is packed full of leftovers and our families took home plenty with them as well.
 
 
We did zero fancy things to our tables. I was just impressed that we had placemats/chairs for everyone and that Patrick agreed to let me bring in "yard debris" {baby pinecones} to fill up a little vase.
 



 
 Regardless of total lack of fall decorations {except for the beautiful flowers that showed up with my parents and with my grandmother}, we still had a great Thanksgiving meal. Plenty of family and lots of good food. I even managed to sneak into one picture!
 

... others managed to sneak in a nap. Priorities.



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