Thanksgiving Preparations

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and it will be a busy one for Jordan and me. I am so thankful that I have the whole week off from school... I don't think I could get everything ready in time if I didn't have all week to plan! Jordan and I have been trying to pick through all the desserts & sides I need to prepare for all our meals. Thankfully I love baking and cooking! We are having a Thanksgiving meal with Jordan's mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law on Wednesday because (un-thankfully) Jordan has to work on Thanksgiving day. I can't complain... that's just how the schedule has to work for firefighters and it's been a couple years since he's had to work Thanksgiving and Christmas. Eventhough he's working Thursday, his station is still having a meal with their families. That will be our Thanksgiving Day meal together! Thanksgiving morning I will eat breakfast with my family and late dinner with them again. So, in preparing for all these meals... here's a look at the kitchen table:

This doesn't even include all the cold ingredients! For the Stancel dinner I'm preparing dessert...think I'm going with a chocolate cookies and creme filling cake! For the station meal, I'm making side dishes of sweet potatoes and mac & cheese (with home made recipes thanks to my Auntie Susie!). For my parent's breakfast, I'm making my breakfast casserole and for my family's dinner, Grandma Lucy's delicious dressing AND dessert... blueberry pie & possibly a double layered cream cheese & pumpkin pie (which was going to go to the station but someone is already baking pumpkin pie). PHEW! I'm just glad I'm ahead of the game... I already did my grocery shopping and have everything layed out with the appropriate baking dishes. Tomorrow I will make my list of what I need to do first and make sure I have all my recipes layed out. Can't wait!! There is so much I am thankful for this year... Jordan and I have been blessed with wonderful memories with family & friends as well as the financial support of me being paid full-time! I, personally, am so thankful for my husband. He's the one who makes my life complete. He makes me so happy and always tries, usually successfully, to cheer me up when I am down. I don't know what I'd do without his love and his silly humor. Thank you Lord for blessing me with him, and thank you for all our family! Can't wait to update again after Thanksgiving to share how everything went! Let's pray for NO cooking catastrophies! :)