Many of you know I love to cook. You may also know that although the Bride is a decent cook, she hates the kitchen.

So, I told her I'd cook New Years dinner on one condition, she stayed out of the "Cookin' Room" (as I like to call it) and keeps unsolicited criticisms and advice to herself.

Well, I cooked an 18 lb turkey (my first time ever cooking a turkey) with all the traditional trimmings and I was so proud of the way it looked when I took it out of the oven, I had to get the camera and capture the moment for posterity!!!





While the pictures don't do the size justice, take into account there was 5 cups of rice stuffing in this bird!!!