...sorry for the
silence on my blog! after Thanksgiving i was swept up with finishing up school,
studying for finals, and getting ready for Christmas! i just love this time of
year! anyways, for thanksgiving this year, my family broke our usual tradition
for Thanksgiving. normally, my family hosts Thanksgiving at our house and my dad's
sister and her family come to our house for the feast; but this year my
brother Jesse, the one living down in Kentucky training to be a jockey,
couldn't make it up for Thanksgiving. so, we brought Thanksgiving dinner down
to him. we did most of the cooking the day before. with our trunk full of luggage and Thanksgiving dinner, we left early thursday morning for Lexington,
KY.
we stopped for Thanksgiving breakfast at McDonalds
backseat buddies with my cousin Joe!
when we finally reached our hotel in Lexington, we found out that our room only had a stove top and not an oven. we were banking on the oven for re-heating all of our food. my dad went down to the front desk to ask if they had another room with an oven in it that we could switch to. they did not. buuuuuut, the head chef overheard my dad explaining our problem to the person at the front desk and he offered to cook all of our food for us in the hotel ovens! thank you Chef Adam! without him our Thanksgiving adventure would have been a flop!
p.s. stay tuned for an actual food post later this week.
p.p.s if you want to see all the exciting things that have been happening to my brother Jesse in pursing his dream, follow him at www.jessesauder.com.
when we finally reached our hotel in Lexington, we found out that our room only had a stove top and not an oven. we were banking on the oven for re-heating all of our food. my dad went down to the front desk to ask if they had another room with an oven in it that we could switch to. they did not. buuuuuut, the head chef overheard my dad explaining our problem to the person at the front desk and he offered to cook all of our food for us in the hotel ovens! thank you Chef Adam! without him our Thanksgiving adventure would have been a flop!
my mom making the mashed potatoes. (the one thing we could make on the stove top)
and part of the Thanksgiving food line up:
bread, fruit, relish tray
the sweet potatoes!
and you can't forget the turkey and grandma's 4 stick stuffing!
going through line.
my plate of food! i should say my first plate of food. we stuffed our bellies full and fell into bed satisfied. the next morning we woke up at the crack of dawn to
go watch Jesse exercise horses! The whole weekend was filled with food, family and laughter,
and for me, those are the best kind of memories to look back on.
p.s. stay tuned for an actual food post later this week.
p.p.s if you want to see all the exciting things that have been happening to my brother Jesse in pursing his dream, follow him at www.jessesauder.com.
Its so fun to see the photos of this adventure! Its just like your mom to tote Thanksgiving to Kentucky! Nothing ever stopped her from doing what others wouldn't dare! Thanks for sharing and love your posts!
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