This year was a Thanksgiving first for us--just our little family for Thanksgiving. That was not as it was planned, but it was a nice treat.
We were supposed to go to the Tri-Cities for Thanksgiving. With Marsha sick, I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the family so she wouldn't need to worry about it. We had planned a menu together when we were in the Tri-Cities for Tanner's state XC meet. I had prepared a lot of the food up front and was just taking it in coolers to then cook there the day before and the day of Thanksgiving.
Marsha was in between her 6th and 7th chemo treatments. They were taking a lot out of her. As Thanksgiving approached she just was not getting her strength back enough to have visitors so we opted to stay at home so she could rest up for her next treatment and not worry about me rattling around in her kitchen. Though I was looking forward to using her Cutco knives...
It was a pretty stress-free day since most of the work was already done. Carson got his wish - a whole turkey sitting in the middle of the table waiting to be carved like Norman Rockwell's Thanksgiving Picture. Of course all the food wouldn't fit on the table, the rest of the food we had to dish from the buffet before we sat down.
Since I was cooking for two times the number of people we had, I didn't have to cook for the whole week following the holiday. Everything turned out delicious! So delicious people didn't mind all the leftovers, which is pretty amazing around our house. We'll have to take a rain check for Thanksgiving in the Tri-Cities. Maybe next year when Marsh is feeling better and finished with her chemo treatments. This Thanksgiving we are especially grateful that she is doing so well and only has two more treatments to go.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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