Originally uploaded by anleese
Ever had something happen that totally pissed you of when it happened yet there was this little voice in your head that let you know you’ll be laughing about it later? That was our Thanksgiving this year.
Starting Tuesday, our oven wasn’t working the best. When Matt was making dinner, the oven turned off randomly. The pilot just suddenly went out (and didn’t automatically re-light itself like it’s supposed to). He was able to re-light it but then Wednesday we figured out it was actually broken. After Matt all but crawled into the broiler to figure out what was broken we gave up and decided to move Thanksgiving to Amy’s.
We loaded up the car with the turkey and everything else needed to make dinner and headed to the Valley. Matt took over Amy’s kitchen and made the turkey (all-natural free range turkey brined the day before) and trimmings. While he cooked we talked, watched TV, and snacked. It was really nice to spend the time with our family and, well, I didn’t have to clean a single dish afterward. I took a bunch of other photos that you can see here. It’s nice to actually have photos of a family holiday as I don’t think a single photo has been taken at one since I was a little kid.
