Jenny made southern style pecan pie and sweet potato casserole

My mom made salad and rolls

Will was very very helpful this year and I had to take a photo to prove it to you all that man and kitchen can meet and disaster does not have to happen. I even put my little apron on him just for a good laugh. He was a good sport and of course took it off quickly and took back his man card by playing a kill and thrill video game!img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273685693960641010″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RLNAFqWpPgg/SS_lMo2VWfI/AAAAAAAAAbc/7V2Fl3xjK7g/s200/DSC02846.JPG” border=”0″ /br /pThe morning started about 6:45 for me (I meant to get up earlier but I still managed to get everything done). It was just me, a turkey and…

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some very hungry dogs. The dogs always get a “soft food” meal for special occasions. Here they are about 6:47img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273685670986275826″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RLNAFqWpPgg/SS_lLTQ0W_I/AAAAAAAAAa8/K6kUA1TJz9M/s200/DSC02840.JPG” border=”0″ /

6:48 Toby thinks he can sneak over to Tess’ bowl and she won’t notice

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6:49 licking their bowls, wondering if they keep licking some more will appear.

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Will decided to do his artistic thing with the new camera and here I am checking on the turkey and wondering what my husband is up to.

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Our 15lb turkey, it was delicious! Will said it was the best I have made yet, ahh how sweet.

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And just for the road, one last picture of the babies. Ainsleigh and Bonnie are both watching the dogs. I think the girls were emthankful/em for the dogs this year.