The Hayman/Hatch Thanksgiving in Texas

Our entire family (Grandma Hatch, Gregg, Dayna, Katelin, Kylee, Maigen, Carson & Kendyl) flew to San Antonio, Texas to celebrate Thanksgiving with Gregg's brother and family. What an awesome experience! Thank you to Rich for being at our house bright and early (as in 4:15 AM) to take us to the airport. What a trooper. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I booked the flight at 6:10 AM. We made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare. I was even interviewed for the KSL channel 5 news story about the busiest travel day of the year. Yes, I'm a rockstar!

Once we arrived in Texas, we had a blast. We went to Corpus Cristi (I don't know if that is spelled correctly) and visited the aquarium and the beach. It was dark at the beach, but still fun. Grady (Gregg's brother) cooked the turkey in a turkey fryer, which was divine. The Thanksgiving spread was great! My compliments to Grandma Hatch.....dinner was awesome!

Here are some pics from the aquarium.

Here are some pictures from Six Flags.

Thank you to Grady and his family for welcoming us into their home. We had a great Thanksgiving Holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We had a great Thanksgiving at my house this year. The only bad part was that we were not altogether. Maybe next year! Here are the highlights of the day!

And just a noteworthy side note:
After we got to talking, everything was made "fresh" and/or "from scratch". The stuffing, the sweet potatoes, the green beans, the cranberry sauce, the gravy, the mashed potatoes. Even the turkey was ordered fresh. YEA for us! That equates to about 8 sticks of butter used, and 0 calories taken in! (because everyone knows that calories don't count on holidays!!!) All in all, it was one of the best meals I have had!! Including the next-day-leftover-lunch-meal too! YUM-O!!!!

Mom making the sweet potatoes. She didn't quite follow Mark's recipe though. She omitted the step that calls for "cook until charred black" part!

Rich carving his very first turkey. (How DOES this thing work?!?-notice the scowl?)

Aww, real napkins even!

The boys playing legos. (by boys I mean grown men)

The fam.

Alora's first Thanksgiving!

The pies! Made fresh from Golden Corral that morning!

And don't forget the whipped cream!