Happy Eating!

This Thanksgiving we loaded up the family wagon and drove the 11 hours to Pittsburgh. Ryan's brother Richy and his family leave in Pittsburgh. We love visiting them and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has some of the best food. This was definitely an indulgent week.

The girls did so good the whole ride there. (Maybe it helped that for days I have been telling them that we were going to be in the car all day. It made it sound really fun. )

The morning before we left the girls were so excited. As soon as we hit the rode to pick Ryan up from school the girls were out.

We did not make it to Pittsburgh until midnight and we were exhausted.

The next day we went to the fabolus Oakmont Bakery!

The jacked up turkey sandwich.

This was my contribution to Thanksgiving dinner. It has a layer of cheesecake and a layer of chocolate cake. It was to die for!

The girls got turkey cupcakes.

Wednesday night the kids helped to make the brine for the turkey.

Of course Thanksgiving morning we watched the Thanksgiving day parade. The kids were so inspired by it they had their own parade.

Then there was the howling in the smoke as Uncle Richy smoked our turkey.

Lilly just loved holding my new niece Wren. She could not get enough of her.

This was a FABULOUS turkey. I loved the flavor and how moist it was.

Ryan made his heavenly green bean casserole.

We also had a baked stuffed brie.

With the help of Grandma Joy the kids made these turkeys.

Lilly and her cousin Linus!

Richy took Ryan and Linus to a Pittsburgh Penguin Hockey game. They were third row in the corner. They had a blast!

Gotta love Christmas lights!

We were honored to attend the blessing of Wren Elizabeth McAffee.

What a fabulous time we had. We only wish that we lived closer to family so we could see them more often.