Our First Florida Thanksgiving in 2023

Thanksgiving 2023

Happy Thanksgiving! This was our first Thanksgiving living in Florida. :) The weather was perfect. It started in the 40s and warmed up to about 62. We had some sunshine in the morning and it was perfect sweater weather!

I did miss our Oregon family and our Thanksgivings we had the last three years and making the meal with my sis.

I miss the Thanksgivings that we hosted all the years living in Reno with my father-in-law and all our Sierra View church family. So many special people and memories who were like our family.

And our one year in Ohio with my mom, dad, and Ohio family. Felt like old times.

This year, while different, was still special. It was just our family of six. It was good to have our oldest back at the table for Thanksgiving with us. For the last two years, she could not fly home to Oregon from college. It was too costly for such a short time. So what a blessing to be able to drive and bring her home for Thanksgiving!

Beautiful start to the day.

I made the crusts and Summer made the filling.

I made the filling and Summer filled the deviled eggs.

Jackson enjoying the sunshine.

Baked two pumpkin pies. The recipe.

Baked a loaf of sourdough bread. The recipe.

Watched The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while I worked.

Thanksgiving turkey. The recipe.

Cream cheese corn. The recipe.

Green bean casserole. The recipe.

Mashed potatoes.

Deviled eggs.

Cranberry sauce. The recipe.

Punch pop. Hawaiian punch and 7-UP.

Noodle gravy. The recipe.

It was our first Thanksgiving without Max. :( We are thinking of you, buddy.

I made a traditional meal for our Thanksgiving meal.

Turkey

Mashed potatoes with noodle gravy

Green bean casserole

Cream cheese corn

Pickle Rolls

Deviled eggs

Pumpkin pie with Cool Whip

Punch pop

My family. :)

New Monopoly game - National Parks.

Sourdough dinner rolls with apple butter.

The secret to awesome deviled eggs. :)

After dinner, we put away the food and did the dishes. Then we played a game of Monopoly - a new version with the National Parks that Addie got us for a Christmas family gift. Love it! The rest of the night was spent playing the game until 11:30pm when we finally quit and went to bed!

My rolls were finished but late. LOL! They were still devoured.

A quiet yet special holiday with our Tastet family.

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