Thanksgiving 2010

For the past two Thanksgivings, Kelly's brother Chris has come down from Iowa to visit. And by visit, I mean he will hang out with us but his real reason for coming is to go to a Cowboys game. Well this year, Kelly talked his parents into coming down too. Nick and Natalie couldn't come this year but Chris' girlfriend Heather drove down with Chris so we got to meet her.

Preparation started on Monday when my helpers helped me grind up Oreos in the food processor to make Oreo balls.



I ended up making WAAAAAAY too many sweets. We weren't really thinking when we planned it out. Kelly's family isn't big on sweets so it ended up being mostly Kelly and I eating them. So we had a LOT to give away. Here is just a representation of the 300+ Oreo balls I made. I also made 300+ peanut butter balls and some delicious pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting.



We had our big feast on Wednesday night with Kelly's smoked brisket and pulled pork and some sides because on Thursday, we were going to the Cowboys game. This was my first Thanksgiving game to go to because the past two years I was at home with the kids. Kelly's mom graciously volunteered to stay home with the kids this year so I got to go have fun. We opted for party passes (standing room only) this year because they are 1/10th of the price of the seats in the nosebleed section. This was our view the whole game but we didn't care, we had fun anyway.









The first quarter was a joke and we thought we would be heading for home very early. But the Cowboys started playing the second half of the game and made it an interesting game to be at after all. We had a great time with Kelly's family, thanks for coming down Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Chris, and Heather!