Happy Turkey Day!

Well it seems like we just celebrated Thanksgiving but with the on-going activity around here it does seem to warp time. Before the holiday had even arrived I was not all that interested in participating but as I awoke on Sunday morning I was beginning to reconsider. On Saturday we went grocery shopping, and Jason had asked me if I wanted to get a small turkey, chicken or maybe even a turkey pot pie, but I refused, not wanting to go to the trouble. But with my mind now changed I decided I had better get to the grocery store and select my bird. I should have known that by the time I got there selection was less than abundant. With the selection down to 1 50-lb fresh turkey and about 20 frozen birds, my only option was to select the frozen. Perfect, I will get one of those cook-from-frozen Butterball birds. Searching frantically for the 3-5 kg sized bird alas I was out of luck. I ended up selecting an 18 lb turkey for a 3 man/3 baby Thanksgiving dinner.

As you can see from this photo the turkey took up the entire oven, I even had to take

out the second rack. I don't think I have ever taken out the second rack for anything.

Let's hope the kids like turkey.

Well as it turns out 1 out 3 found the turkey acceptable. Grace ate her mandatory 3 lb portion, Avery is about 3 lbs short and Everett is about 2 lbs 15 oz short. After it was all said and done, another successful Simpson family celebration.