Smoked Turkey

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We had a few new happenings this Thanksgiving, only one of which was eating smoked turkey for the first time. But before I get to Thanksgiving; my trip to Utah.

I went down to Provo to see Cade’s concert and celebrate Sarin’s birthday. It was great to see them. Shopping at IKEA with my sisters is always fun and this time Cade came along. He didn’t find it as enjoyable as we did of course, but he got to eat twelve Swedish meatballs so he didn’t complain.

His concert was awesome! I love the choirs at BYU, they never disappoint.

And look who we found after the concert!!

Also in November I became one of the lucky few who have gone to a Dave Matthew’s concert with Rock. He has been to 5 total. I’m not a big fan, but I like a few of their songs and have lived with their music playing somewhere in my house or car for over 20 years now so it was fun to see them in person.

I’ve never been to a concert where people actually did the phone light thing (or the cigarette lighter thing, for that matter) I don’t go to many concerts. 😏 But it was so cool!!!

Thanksgiving

We had just my parents and sisters this Thanksgiving in addition to our family. Cade came home with the girls and Alli brought her boyfriend, Cameron, home as well. It was great to spend more time with him and get to know him better. And it is good to see my sister so happy. But the best part about him coming to Thanksgiving was that he is a Turkey Smoking Expert. He smokes the turkey for his family every year and when his mom found out he was coming here for the holiday she said, “Darn, I have to cook the turkey in the oven.” So we borrowed Derek’s smoker and Cam made us the best turkey we’ve ever had!!! It was crazy to watch him prep it. I’ve never seen someone spatchcock a Turkey and I honestly hope I never do again-it’s pretty gruesome. Think chiropractor meets surgeon.

The Smokin Hot Smoker who smoked our turkey.
(Disclaimer: no sisters or significant others were involved in making this caption)
Cam even brought his fancy knives to cut the turkey prettier than I’ve ever seen. Seriously, this is art!

He did a ton of work that day and to top it all off he did my least favorite part of Thanksgiving-cleaning the meat off the bones. Thank you, Cam, for the best tasting turkey ever.

Liberty and Rock were in charge of the pies this year and they did an awesome job. They started three days early! Apple, pumpkin, key lime and French silk. Rock really got into it.

I will admit to making fun of his fancy pastry mat, but it must have been worth it because check out the crust on the Apple pie!
Pretty darn perfect

And possibly my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner was this little guy I picked up at the store. I forgot about him in the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving day, but luckily he tasted just as good on leftovers.

We gobbled him right up. 😉 Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Liberty and Levi got to tag along to go see the Scentsy lights.

Favorite picture of the weekend!

This year I’m grateful for smokers (that smoke turkeys.) 😉

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