Thanksgiving 2012

While this was our 2nd year spending Thanksgiving together, this was the first year that we were a) married, b) hosting, c) making turkey, and d) dog-sitting for our neighbors at the same time. And somehow, Todd managed to avoid being in a single picture. Perks and drawbacks of having the nice camera.

We were so happy that even though we are far away from home, living in Maryland, we were still able to spend Thanksgiving with family. Richard and Katie and their boys were able to come spend Thanksgiving with us.

The little boys had a great time with our DVD collection. Aiden preferred to sort, reshelve, and open all Disney or kid DVDs.

Tyler preferred a more relaxing approach.

We all enjoyed the relish tray, including the accidental jumbo sized olives and Mom's dill dip.

You can see the pies leading up the relish tray. We had four delicious pies - one for each adult - the lemon meringue, Mom's apple pie, classic pumpkin pie, and the Wiese favorite - raspberry pie.

We also had dinner. A huge turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, dinner rolls, orange rolls, green bean casserole, corn, and Katie's special sweet potatoes.

After dinner, we headed back over to take the dogs for a walk. The boys were really cute with them. Tyler especially took a liking to Kiva, the retriever, but she was a little too strong for him to walk, so he took Opie's leash.

After taking care of the dogs, we went pack for pie. It was a great Thanksgiving.