Chase & Stephanie Mainville: {First Thanksgiving}

Okay, this wasnt our first Thanksgiving ever...but it was our first Thanksgiving as a married couple and guess what?! I cooked every single dish we enjoyed this year (except the pies but c'mon it was a crazy Thanksgiving and my first). Anywho, every holiday it seems that something has to happen right?! Chase ended up in the ER the day before Thanksgiving. I was in my usual routine on Wednesday morning when Chase tried walking out from the bedroom and dropped to the floor in pain. We had no idea what happened other than the fact that his back was killing him and he couldnt stand/sit without pain or the help from someone so we went Banner Gateway (which if I might add is a beautiful hospital...planning on having my future babies there ha). After a few pain killers, muscle relaxers and XRays we had left the hospital knowing that he had a herniated disc in his back and we are following up with a specialist for an MRI/physical therapy. Chase is doing much better now but still is in pain with too much activity so he is not completely fixed but I love his hunch back self just the same!

Chase on pain killers while I sat close waiting to go home <3

Back to our lovely Thanksgiving though. I made of course a turkey, bought a Honey Baked Ham, candied yams, homemade mac & cheese, dinner rolls, stuffing, mashed potatos & gravy, strawberry jello salad and cranberry sauce. All of which turned out amazing and my turkey I have to add was beyond my expectations. Im not going to lie, I normally am not a turkey person unless its cold the next day on a roll with some mustard, lettuce etc. but this was so good and I have to give props to my amazing turkey rub! Google of course helped me out with this but it was easy! Olive oil, italian seasonings, pepper, salt and lots of fresh copped garlic! Mhhmm. Everyone (Sherry, Dean, Hunter, Megan and Chase) all had a good time and everyone loved the food! So I guess I can do it and my hubby really liked having Thanksgiving at {our} house. It was sweet and simple. Perfect.

Here are some pics from our Thanksgiving day!