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Thanksgiving

Our very first Thanksgiving in Texas. We were lucky to have Juliet come out and stay with us so it felt like we had a little bit of family here. I have to say though we really really liked having a chill day doing our own thing. We started our day by going to see Frozen 2 in theaters. I love going to the theater on Thanksgiving and we really enjoyed the movie. After the movie it was time to start preparing our feast!
This turkey recipe was amazing. I'll never make a turkey any other way. It was incredibly moist and flavorful. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it.
BEFORE
Making everything ourselves instead of potluck style was a little interesting in our small little kitchen but everything was so delicious. 

We finished our evening by cuddling up and watching Elf to welcome the Christmas season. Is there any other way?
Throughout the month we had been adding leaves every day to our thankful tree. I loved having the reminder there everyday.
I was so sad to take down our thankful tree and decor because I loved it so much. We had a really nice Thanksgiving though. We had planned to do Thanksgiving at Disneyworld for 2020 with Granny and Pappa but feel it's still a pinch out of our price range right now so we'll be doing a repeat of our own Thanksgiving again next year... unless my parents want to fly us in to AZ!

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