The Welch Family: What a lovely time we had

Monday, December 1, 2008

What a lovely time we had

I fell more in love with my husband over Thanksgiving. He was off work Thursday through Sunday so instead of the normal 2 weekend days we get to spend together, we got to spend 4 glorious days together! It's the most time we've spent together since our honeymoon I think. It is so fun to wake up each morning knowing that you are married to your best friend, FOREVER!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We spent the actual Thanksgiving Day at a friend's house--well, they're kind-of family. It's Ben's sister's husband's family who live just minutes away from where we live now. We've done a couple of things with them already, mostly related to watching Auburn football games, so we had already met everyone who would be there. Ben's brother-in-law's step-father is an awesome cook and so he had made such a variety of dishes and enough to feed an army! It was crazy! We had deep-fried turkey, ham, mashed potatoes with mascarpone, baked beans, candied sweet potatoes, deviled eggs, salad, amish noodles, asparagus with tomatoes, cornbread dressing, regular dressing, and the list went on and on. And the desserts ... it was a dessert lover's paradise. It was all so good! I have to say though, I was not a huge fan of the deep-fried turkey. I thought it was rather tough. I think that's probably because it cooks so fast. About 3 1/2 minutes per pound apparently.

After dinner we played the Rock Band on the Wii. We actually have Rock Band at our house, although it's for X-Box but for some reason we haven't played it in since we got married. We decided we need to bust it out a little more often. Altogether we had a great time.