Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful thanksgiving with friends this year! We have so much to be thankful for and are lucky to have such wonderful friends to spend the day with! We hosted thanksgiving this year, and Sam and Samantha and Luke, Heather, and Abby came over. John smoked the turkey this year with his new smoker and it turned out great. Here was our menu:

Smoked turkey
Cranberry walnut chutney
Autumn Pudding
Herb Stuffing
Gravy
Roasted Carrots and Parsnips with fresh thyme

Champagne and Beer

Pumpkin cheesecake with homemade vanilla whipped cream

This was Morgan's first Thanksgiving, so we had to put a little of everything in her bowl to try. She ate everything, even the cranberries!



For the centerpieces, I made black-eyed susan flowers out of crepe paper and then just lit some candles and scattered some leaves around. Kept it pretty simple so everyone could see each other across the table.

I used my new dessert plates that my mom got when she was visiting, see mom, I think they look cute!