Thanksgiving For Two

°Turkey legs; soaked in a brine over night, rubbed in savory spices and baked
°Roasted veggies; broccoli and asparagus tossed in olive oil, salt and pepper, baked, then zested with lemon and generously sprinkled with parmesan.
°Twice baked yams; cut into bite sized pieces and baked in a brown sugar syrup, then layered with marshmallows and baked a second time.
°Sweet hawaiian bread; lightly heated.
°Rum and cider; apple juice mixed with cider spices and Kraken.
°Homemade Apple Pie
and
°Chocolate Mousse Pie

  Our first official holiday with just us. The food was nicely balanced and we were each in charge of certain dishes. Oven times were pretty evenly coordinated; we watched Addams Family Values and later went to see Rise of The Guardians in theatres. Overall, cozy and memorable. 

  But there was this huge hole where certain things should be. Family members, tv noises, snacks, going to my grandparents' house, his parent's house, my dad's house. It was the weirdest thing. I really really missed it. And yes, Michael is my family and I'm grateful we got to be together for Thanksgiving seeing as we won't next year, but it was our first holiday alone.

 It was strange.

 And I was a little sad.

 I'm hoping that two years from now we'll have a perfectly normal noisy family filled holiday again, because that's the way it should be.