This is a short Thanksgiving story. Hope you like it. And a special thanks to RatedrKjErIcHo for all the help with this one.
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Karissa Ambrose sighed as she looked through some cookbooks. She had agreed to host Thanksgiving for her family that year since it would be the first Thanksgiving without their mom. Well, her and her sister, Kali, had agreed to host but it was decided it would be held at her and Dean's house because Kali and Roman were doing some work on their house.
"Why are you stressing over this?" She heard from the doorway of the kitchen. She turned to see her husband there.
"Because I've never hosted Thanksgiving before. My mom went all out for Thanksgiving. She was a traditional southern woman. You know that and now I'm hosting and it's expected to be just as great. What if I can't do it?"
He sighed and walked into the kitchen and hugged her. "Baby, you don't have to worry about that. You're an amazing cook just like Kali and your mom. You don't have to worry."
"But I do." She sighed. "Kali is suppose to come over so we can plan the menu together and see about decorations."
Dean looked around the house. "I think you're good on Fall decor and Thanksgiving."
She had put Thanksgiving and Fall themed wreaths on the doors and windows outside as well as inside. She had put fall colored candles and flower arrangements in the living room and dining room. She had Thanksgiving themed decor in the kitchen and dining room as well as in the living room. Their house looked like a magazine. That was something Karissa always did for each holiday. She liked the house to be decorated to match the holiday.
"Yeah but I want it perfect."
He sighed. "Baby, it is perfect." He knew she and her family were still hurting from their mother's death. It had been unexpected. A drunk driver had ran a stop sign and hit her car in the driver's side door. It had only four months since the accident on July 4th.
"Yeah." She smiled just as the door bell rang. "And that would be Kali."
"I'll get it." He smiled and walked over to the front door. "Roman, Kali." He said when he opened the door.
"Dean." Roman said to his best friend. "Ready to go and do some guys stuff and leave the girls to their planning."
Dean laughed. "Yeah." He turned to Karissa who had walked in the living room. "I'm off with Roman for some guy stuff. Have fun." He said before kissing her and then he and Roman headed out.
Kali looked at her sister. "Are we ready to plan this dinner?"
"Yes." Karissa smiled and they headed into the kitchen. "Can I get you something to drink?"
"Coffee." Kali said and picked out the one she wanted. She quickly made it in the Keurig and then sat down at the kitchen table with her sister.
"Well, I think we know we're having turkey." Karissa replied. "I was thinking maybe having fried turkey instead of oven roasted."
"That sounds good." Kali replied. "I was thinking about some appetizers. Spinach cheese puffs and buffalo chicken deviled eggs. And baked onion dip."
"I love it." Karissa smiled. "So, we have the appetizers. Now the menu. Cajun Fried Turkey is a definite. Now the side dishes."
"Well it's tradition to have the cornbread stuffing mom always made."
"Good. So we have stuffing. And we know dad loves the cheddar green bean casserole."
"Alright two down." Kali smiled. "Sweet potato casserole."
"Definitely." Karissa smiled. "How about cheesy scalloped potatoes?"
"Love it. Cranberry sauce and of course, gravy."
"We can't forget the rolls mom always made."
"Okay, I think we have our dinner menu. Now for the desserts."
"Well we know pumpkin pie, it's tradition."
"I was thinking pumpkin espresso tiramisu."
"Love it and how about banana pudding trifle?"
"Yum so we have three desserts. Anything else?"
"What about ambrosia salad? Grandma's recipe."
"Love it. So we have our menu and now we just have to go shopping for what we need." She looked at Kali. "I can make the list of the ingredients and then we can go." Kali nodded and they made the list and headed out.
Roman looked at Dean as they sat in the sports bar having a drink. "So, Karissa driving you crazy about Thanksgiving?"
"You have no idea." Dean laughed as they took a drink of their beers. "She's so determined to have a perfect Thanksgiving dinner this year like always."
"Yeah, Kali is anxious too. Probably not as much but still." Roman replied.
"I just wish she would relax. This dinner is going to be good. And she will make her mom proud."
"She will. Once she see how much everyone loves the food, she will." Roman replied.
"Yeah." Dean replied. He hoped Roman was right but he knew after Thanksgiving came Christmas and he hated to think how stressed she would be then. But she loved Christmas. It was her favorite time of year. She loved to decorate and buy tons of presents for everyone. But that was before their mom's accident.
Kali and Karissa walked the grocery store getting what they needed for Thanksgiving. Karissa double checked the list not wanting to miss everything.
"You have got to relax." Kali said as they walked the aisle where the baking stuff and oil was. "Everything will be fine this year."
"I know. I just want to make this year really good."
Kali sighed and moved to hug her sister. "Kar, everything will be fine. This Thanksgiving will be good." Karissa nodded and they finished getting what they needed.
Once they had everything, they headed back to Karissa's house. "Okay so did you want to make some things at your house and bring them?" Karissa asked as they brought in the groceries.
"I can." She picked up the list. "Let's split it."
"Alright. I'll take care of the turkey because Dean wants to try out that turkey fryer dad gave him last year for Christmas."
Kali laughed. "Alright. I'll do the stuffing because mom showed me last year how to make it." Karissa nodded. "And I will do the Spinach cheese puffs and baked onion dip. Plus the pumpkin pie and sweet potato casserole and cranberry sauce."
"Alright that means I get the turkey, buffalo chicken deviled eggs, cheddar green bean casserole, cheesy scalloped potatoes, pumpkin espresso tiramisu and banana pudding trifle." She marked off the items. "Now who wants to make grandma's ambrosia salad?"
"You should since Ambros is a part of your name."
Karissa laughed. "Yeah it is. So I will make the ambrosia salad."
"Great. Then we have everything planned. Now since we are doing Thanksgiving here, it looks like the decor is all set."
Karissa looked around. "Yeah it is but it might need some additions. I will go to the stores and see. But outside of that, it looks like we have everything together."
"Yes, we do." Kali smiled just as the door opened and the guys walked in.
"I see you girls bought out the grocery store." Roman said when they saw all the bags.
"Well, we are making a lot of stuff." Kali smiled at her husband. "Now, I have my list of things I'm making so you can carry the bags that have it in there." She pointed to the ones on the kitchen table.
"That's like 10 bags?"
"Yes it is. So you better get started." She smiled. He smiled back and kissed her before taking the bags out to their car. He honestly couldn't believe there was that much. How much food were they making for Thanksgiving.
"Alright everything is in the car." He said when he came back after the third trip.
"Great. Then we will head out." She hugged her sister and said goodbye to her brother-in-law and headed out.
Dean looked at Karissa after they had left. "Do you want some help putting up the groceries?"
"I would love that." He nodded and started putting them up as she was also. "Did you and Roman have a good time?"
"We did. It was nice to just hang out." He said as he put things into the fridge. "How was your day?"
"It was good. We got a lot done. We planned the whole menu and split up what we were going to make."
"I think that's good to split up the menu."
"I agree." She smiled. "This way, Kali and I are making the dinner together."
"Exactly." He said as they finished up. "So, groceries away. How about we go spend some time together before the holidays come?" She smiled and took his hand and they headed to the bedroom.
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