Another holiday has come and gone. I can barely move off the couch with all of the sweet potato pie and no bake cookies I have inhaled over an eight hour period. Despite being in my home town with all of my family this was a rough holiday for Brady and me. Brian is in an outage at work and is working both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. We missed him so much today. It really made me realize that truly, this holiday is about more than just table settings and themed desserts. We should take time to think about thankful we are for our families, near and far.
My mom kept me super busy as I was in charge of the cupcake desserts and.... the TURKEY. Talk about major pressure. I decided to try a brine, despite having my grandmother's perfectly good recipe for turkey. A brine was attractive for many reasons. I mostly liked the thought of it being in a cooler on the floor versus having it take up 20 lbs of precious space in the refrigerator. I used this recipe. And I promise it DID NOT DISAPPOINT. It cooked for exactly 2.5 hours and was so tender and juicy later that day for dinner. I will be using turkey brines for the rest of my hostess days.
We spent the afternoon playing cornhole and watching home videos... two of the favorite Rabon pasttimes. Also, we were able to pick up my baby brother from the airport who has been serving in the US navy. He was able to get a few days off to visit and we couldn't be more excited!
This weekend isn't over yet though. We still have to go see the park Christmas lights and tackle some Black Friday shopping
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