Thanksgiving - A Family Affair

Since the hubs and I have been together this is the first time we've gone to a family Thanksgiving event. As I mentioned on my previous post Thanksgiving has never been huge a holiday for either of our families so this was a nice change and something different to do for the holiday. But this wasn't your traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Everything was done Filipino style. No turkey, mashed potatoes, or stuffing to be found here. It was a great time to spend with family to eat, catch up, and of course eat some more. :-)




My sister-in-law and my husband's stepmom have birthdays close to Thanksgiving so we got a cake for the birthday girls.

Time with family is always time well spent!

Our mini Pre-Thanksgiving

I know I know a little late but better late than never, right?

Thanksgiving has never been a huge holiday for either my family or the hub's family. Ever since the hubs and I started dating we've spent the holiday together and I usually prepare a smaller version of a Thanksgiving meal for us. This Thanksgiving we spent with the hub's side of the family so last weekend I wanted to keep up with our "tradition" and prepared a mini pre-Thanksgiving feast for the both of us.

We started out with tomato bruschetta as an appetizer.


I made my mom's ham recipe. Although it doesn't look too pretty I loooove this ham recipe and is the best I've had. Even better than Honeybaked.


Twice-baked potatoes as a side.


And green beans to balance out our meal.



Of course a meal isn't complete without dessert so we had apple crisp a la mode.


A smaller version of Thanksgiving but it was nice to keep up with our "tradition".

Blogging hiatus

I just realized it's been well over a month since my last post. I have items to post but my mind has been on other important items as of late. The hubs and I have come across some hurdles that we're dealing with. Not quite ready to share with the blogosphere what those hurdles are, but hopefully once everything is over and settled we'll be much better off.

Looking to get more posts up in the near future.