Thanksgiving in Chicago

Since Kyle works crazy hours during the holidays we were unable to go 'home' for Thanksgiving so I decided to make my very first Thanksgiving dinner all by myself. My friend and her twin sister came over to celebrate with us since they are from Florida. We had a blast eating all the food!

Here is my first turkey by myself. There were apples, onions, and celery in the cavities and then rosemary and sage under the skin. This was pre-cooking so it doesn't look as appetizing as it really was.

Kyle wanted to document this event and caught my off guard getting ready to make the sweet potato casserole. I piled it high with marshmallows, Yum!

My friends and Kyle love cranberry stuff in the can so they were pretty pumped to squeeze it out. It was my first taste of it, not that bad.

Getting ready to eat our feast. Don't mind Kyle's iron gym in the background on the door frame. Although we did have some fun attempting pull-ups before the meal. Kyle can do them one-handed; I am pretty impressed!!!!

My friend's twin sister is going to culinary school and prepared an awesome chocolate cake with pumpkin mousse and spice flavored icing.

More to come later on our Black Friday extravaganza to Wal-Mart!!!