thanksgiving in tampa

i'm thankful for palm trees

&

the sun

i'm thankful that cousins have me over to their beautiful house

"two stoops eating soup"

it was one big cooking party...

is there really anything better than cooking with your family all day??

yes, silly.

{it's drinking with your family all day...}

sister stoop + man

time to work up an appetite...

i'm thankful for these adorable place settings made by little cousins!

carving the tryptophan...

i'm thankful for this!!!!

good thing i wore my eating pants

this year's strategy for a successful pig-out

{inspired by the gobbler at the milburn deli}

1. slice open a sister schubert's roll

hailing from the south,

these rolls pack so much buttery goodness into one tiny morsel.

if you've never had one, get them now (they're available online).

i could eat six pans in one sitting.

2. spread on a dollop of cranberry sauce

3. slap on a slice of turkey, preferably covered in gravy

4. shovel on some stuffing

5. close, and eat like a sandwich

6. repeat

7. repeat

8. repeat

(etc etc)

i am also thankful that little cousin mia is the future leila josefowicz...