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| carving the bird |
Taking a quick break from my etsy work to update about one of the greatest holidays ever.
THANKSBACON!
THANKSBACON!
Thanksbacon started three years ago when Clementine was just a tiny baby. With all of our extended families loving us so much, Tom & Kiki and Boz & I don't get to spend a whole lot of holiday time together, and it can get a little hectic trying to divide up our time between so many families. The kids get stressed and over stimulated, and Boz and I always end up fighting. So one year we decided to just do our own thing. No more spending the whole day driving from house to house to house to house, never really getting a chance to relax and enjoy each other. Now we pick one house and if people want to come see us they are more than welcome to... and we get to keep all the leftovers!
Tom and Kiki came up Wednesday night so we could celebrate Tom's birthday:
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| Tom and Boz getting their whiskey on |
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| Kiki and I drank pecan pie martini's! |
Pecan Pie Martini
2 ounces Praline pecan liqueur
1.5 ounces caramel cream liqueur
1.5 ounces bourbon
.5 ounce Torani caramel syrup
1 ounce heavy cream
2 ounces Praline pecan liqueur
1.5 ounces caramel cream liqueur
1.5 ounces bourbon
.5 ounce Torani caramel syrup
1 ounce heavy cream
rim with brown sugar
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| Clementine made strawberry cupcakes for everyone |
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| Clementine sitting in Bowie's bumbo chair enjoying her hard work |
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| another ThanksBacon tradition is me kicking Kiki's butt at Mario party. Here's Boz putting fresh batteries in all the wii controllers. |
the next morning Boz got up early to make a cozy bacon sweater for our bird and start the cookin'
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| bacon bird |
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| counter top covered in ingredients |
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| the ladies all dressed up |
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| creepy smiles |
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| Boz's little brother Sean came to bacon with us this year |
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| taking pictures of taking pictures |
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| Kiki making and amazing mix of Veggies |
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| two of my most favoritest people |
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| Can't cook without a giant bottle of champagne! |
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| pro chefs |
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| Kiki sneaking some stuffing? She would. |
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| A bacon bird is a thing of beauty |
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| Boz loves bacon bird |
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| my kids are cuddle bugs |
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| Boz burnt his thumb pretty bad so I got to carve the bird this year! |
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| proud mama |
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| loading up the plates |
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| a master piece of turkey fort |
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| I want to go to there |
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| perfect |
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| stuffed boys |
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| little bow beard |
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| a few hours of digestion later it was time for pie |
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| then we were all in a turkey coma |
hope all of you who celebrated had an amazing time!
Happy Holidays everyone!
So awesome! We don't do xmas here, I'm considering doing thanksbacon instead, as I LOVE turkey, and I LOVE bacon!
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i would, i did and i loved sneaking that bit of stuffing...it was amazing and if i could get away with eating stuffing everyday of my life i would. i just wish it was more nuitrious so my guilty conscience would feel better about eating it 24/7.. i miss thanksbacon and most of all you!!!!! i t was so nice to hang out with you for those 4 days :D well i will see you thursday night for a hot second!
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This is a wonderful tradition! I'm all for doing what makes you happy for the holidays - the stress of trying to please everyone just isn't worth it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a great time. I still love that you and Clem have matching sunglasses. & pecan pie martinis!? Yum!
Haha, so cute! Those pecan pie martinis look so nom, and so does bacon bird. Lucas and I had so much trouble this year- he wanted to see his family, I wanted to see mine, we fought all the way on our road trip and then our car broke down. It was awful, and now we've decided to do our own thing for Thanksgiving too! I'm saving up so we can do a Mexico cruise next year.
ReplyDeleteDoin your own Thanksgiving is totally the way to go... and I love the idea of thanksbacon!
This is so fab. Such a perfect, stress-free way to spend the holiday! :D
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