Here I am on the big day sporting my new apron - An awesome hand made birthday present from my friend Gigi!
I know it's a week after Thanksgiving but I think it has taken me that long to recover! This year I hosted Thanksgiving for the very first time. We had 13 adults and 5 kids. I won't lie - I was terrified. Thankfully I had the help of friends and family to make the day go off without a hitch!
Here's the dining room all ready for guests.
We had to move the table off center in order to accomodate 13 chairs. This was the first time we used the table with both leaves. I was very excited!
The place settings were tricky. I don't have 13 matching salad/dinner plate sets so I mixed my white plates with Golden Gate china given to me by a friend. You might remember the pear place cards from this
post.
This guy was my main source of anxiety. It was a 24 pounder! But it cooked up great and 2 hours earlier than I expected. Perhaps I overestimated how much turkey we needed because we are STILL eating leftovers!
But the best part of the day was when Harry Potter came to dinner!
My son is totally going through the Harry Potter stage. The whole outfit was his idea.
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aw, harry is so cute! and you look adorable in the apron- what a great gift! the house looked beautiful and i am sure everything was yummy!
ReplyDeletei am looking forward to tomorrow night also! i am just going to be working on some gifts i think if that is ok. :)
Well you just pulled that off beautifully Sarah! I especially love the way your table looks with the mix of chairs. And Harry is just adorable!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful table and setting! And the turkey looked really yummy.
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