Turkey Day or otherwise known as Thanksgiving Day added to the list of new things experienced within this adventure I am on. The first new thing was being away from Cali, but secondly learning how to deep fry a turkey. Yep, we fried a turkey and it was AWESOME!
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| The Fryer |
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| The Fryer with the Bird |
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| The Fried Turkey |
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| Lets Eat! |
While Bryan and Dave (my pastor) fried the Turkey, the ladies were in the kitchen cooking up the fixings and I made pies. Starting with the homemade crust from my favorite cookbook
The Pioneer Woman, to the creation of the apple pie, pumpkin pie and peach cobbler. The process took me a good three hours to complete the pies but man was it worth it.
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| My Pie Crusts |
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| Dutch Apple Pie |
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| Peach Cobbler |
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| Cutting the Apples |
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| Pumpkin Pie in the Oven |
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The Final Products
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At the end of a fun day cooking in the kitchen, we (Tanya, Bryan, Caleb, Myah, Dave, Lea, Aaron, Leigh Ann and myself) all joined around the beautiful table Tanya put together to celebrate Thanksgiving and remembering the Feast so many years ago. While sitting around the table, I thought about all the things to be thankful for not only this past year, but over the years and how God has used me and will continue to use me.
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| Tanya's Beautiful Table |
We often forget how blessed we are to not only have food but a roof over our heads. We often take for granite the blessing of being able to go to the Market to buy all the necessities of the feast and enjoy the family and friends. Working in the medical field gives me another prospective and that is to be thankful for a healthy working body. Throughout the year, a lot has changed from being in nursing school, to passing Boards, to moving 1,522 miles away from everything I have even known. But I am beyond thankful for the challenges, experiences and adventures this past year, and more excited to see what this new year will hold. All the credit is owed to my Heavenly Father who has specifically planned my life out and has walked with me during this entire process.
At the end of turkey day Tanya, Leigh Ann and I dressed in layers and decided to take on the adventure of braving the storm of Black Friday. This was my first true Black Friday, waiting in lines and experiencing the crazy people. We chose to wait in front of Target in forty-five degree weather with everyone else in Tyler. We didn't realize that there is only one Target in our little town, therefore everyone in Tyler eventually ended at this same Target. Needless to say at the end of this little adventure it will most likely be my last, not because of the lack of fun, but because I would rather be organized and watch sales throughout the year than this huge sale where all the crazies come out! Thanks to my mom and Grandma Ramona for teaching me to be a yearly christmas shopper, not just a few months in advance.
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| Camping outside of Target |
The experience of Turkey Day was another adventure to check off my list of things to experience. Hope y'all had a great Turkey Day and had the chance to reflect on the opportunities and experiences to be thankful for.
