- Good morning, everybody!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Everybody's kinda still snuggling in the bed.
I just got up, because I gotta get that turkey going!
(upbeat rock music)
(light music)
Gotta get their food.
Here you go!
Here's your food.
Get the water.
I'm so excited for today! (water running)
This is like...
One of my most ultimate favorite holidays.
I can't even think, what would be better,
than making a bunch of yummy food,
and hanging out with your family for the day.
And watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
I love this, at once a year, and we record it,
so we can kinda replay it,
just in case we miss something,
'cause we're gonna be, like, running around, doing stuff.
Love the Macy's Parade!
If you guys watch the Macy's Parade,
comment below what your favorite part of the parade is.
We got our turkey!
And this is the pan I use!
Every year, I would forget to buy a pan,
and I would get those disposable tin ones,
and so finally, I just bought this sturdy one,
and it's always in the pantry.
Good morning!
- Good morning!
- [Connie] Happy Thanksgiving!
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- [Connie] Are you gonna help me?
- I am gonna do whatever you need me to do, baby.
I just got myself cleaned up,
and puttin' some shoes on right now,
because I know I'm gonna be on my feet all day,
so I need to make sure I got some...
- [Connie] Yeah, I cheated, I didn't.
I haven't taken a shower, yet.
- Oh, that's cheating?
- [Connie] Well, I wanted to get that turkey going, so...
- Oh well, get on it, girl!
Let me know what you need me to do!
- I still in my jammies!
So, I'm turning on the oven right now,
so, setting the oven to 350, and I'll drop it down to 325
in about a half an hour.
Kinda jump start it.
- [Shawn] What's up, big man?
- Dinner!
- [Shawn] Happy Thanksgiving!
- Happy Thanksgiving, Ty!
- [Tyler] Yay.
- [Shawn] Alright,
we got distracted by another member of the DFF clan.
- And it was totally worth it!
- [Shawn] Absolutely.
- So, we better get this thing put together!
And maybe, maybe while I'm getting the turkey ready,
you can help me get the stuffing ready.
- [Shawn] Yeah.
- Today, we're just gonna be layin' low.
Usually, we visit somebody every year, but this year,
we decided we kinda wanna hang out together.
It's been a really crazy year, and...
So, we might, what will we talk about?
Going to the movies?
- [Shawn] Yeah, I think we're gonna go see a movie later!
- They actually have the movie theaters open.
So, we're talking about going to watch a movie.
What movie?
- [Shawn] It's the new Disney one, Moana,
or somethin' like that?
- So, that should be fun, after dinner.
Like, somethin' we go do.
- [Shawn] When we're full of turkey.
- Yeah, and then while the turkey's cooking,
maybe we could do something here, and hang out,
and just have some fun.
- [Shawn] Cool.
- [Connie] He's working on the stuffing right now.
- In fact, I'm gonna mariachi band.
♫ La cucaracha, la cucaracha ♫
- I see we're buying these injectors, and I just put...
Filtered water, and a little bit of turkey broth,
or chicken broth mixed together, in a syringe here...
In a injector.
And I stuff the turkey with it, and watch it float.
Totally floats up.
I inject the turkey with filler.
(Shawn and Connie laughing)
And he fluffs up, it works great!
So, the turkey's nice and full of liquid.
It's trapped under the skin,
and it's totally moist,
by the time we pull it out of the oven,
and I don't have to accidentally forget to base it,
or anything, it's perfect.
- And I can tell you all, from personal experience,
over many, many years,
Connie knows how to make a turkey.
It's delicious.
I can't wait.
Like, my mouth is watering, and it's raw.
(chuckles) That's gotta tell ya somethin'!
But yeah, this thing is huge, it looks really, really good,
and...
If it's anything like the last 14 years, or 15 years,
that she's been cookin' turkeys for us, I'm so excited!
I can't wait!
- [Connie] Happy Thanksgiving!
- Yay.
I was still awake, when Thanksgiving hit.
It was like...
I was awake at, like, 1:00 in the morning.
- [Connie] Yeah, we let Kayla stay up a little bit later,
'cause we knew that they would be sleeping in today.
- Yes.
- [Connie] So, we're gonna let them relax for a little bit,
while we do our cooking.
I don't know where Tyler is.
- Tyler's in his room, sleeping.
- [Connie] And in this part, Kayla's trying to escape.
She's all, let me go!
Alright, we'll see you in a little bit!
(upbeat electronic music)
In a couple minutes, I'm gonna let it seal,
and then I put a wrapper, or I put tinfoil over the top,
and then it just stays like that,
for the next five and a half, six hours maybe.
We're just gonna keep checking.
- Five and a half, to six hours?
(cries) I can't wait that long!
We shoulda bought a turkey, that was already made,
so we could eat it, while we were
waitin' for that one to cook.
- [Connie] Can't wait!
- I know, it wouldn't be the same.
- [Connie] We wait all year for this!
- It is worth the wait.
It is so good, I can't wait.
- [Connie] Happy Thanksgiving, Tyler!
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- [Connie] Tyler, just wakin' up.
What are you workin' on?
Gettin' ready to play a game?
- Yeah, but I need to turn on the TV. (chuckles)
But, Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
I'm a little tired, 'cause I'm sick.
But, you know--
- [Connie] Tyler's not feeling well today.
He's got, what do you have?
- What?
- [Connie] What do you have, the flu?
- Maybe.
- [Connie] No, I don't think so.
What do you have?
- Maybe a cold?
- [Connie] Yeah, a cold.
- A bunch of red dots.
- [Connie] Kayla had a cold, remember guys?
Now, it's Tyler's turn.
- And pictures of the doggies, 'cause I,
Mommy found my camera.
So, I've been taking pictures of the dogs.
Aw, he looked away again!
Gotta get him when he's looking,
and you keep distracting him.
Hershey, Harley!
Puppies!
- [Connie] I'm here, but I took a shower,
and I am just not ready to be seen! (chuckles)
- But, you're beautiful, baby.
- [Connie] Aw, thank you!
- I'm the only one who can see it, unfortunately.
But, she's gorgeous.
She's gorgeous, trust me.
- [Connie] I had to catch Shawn, doing the potatoes though,
because I just think that's awesome!
- You just missed the best part.
I had so many potato peels,
that the garbage disposal got, like, clogged up.
And so, last time I did that, it was a huge mess.
So, I used some ingenuity,
and I made a makeshift plumber, plunger, for the sink,
and I fixed it, without having to disassemble
all the pipes under the sink.
- [Connie] Where do start plunging, the plunger?
- You want me to give you the whole rundown of what I did?
Okay, here's a stopper, right, for the sink.
And so, since these are two connected,
I used this cup right here,
and I filled this side up with water,
to create an airtight suction,
and then I use this as the plunger, (laughs) like this!
And then, it cleared out the line, so...
- [Connie] So, you really use a nasty toilet plunger?
- No, I didn't!
Yeah, no, no, no, I didn't.
A makeshift plunger, big difference.
- [Connie] And look at all the potatoes he's done so far!
- [Shawn] Is that enough?
- [Connie] It's a really big pot!
- [Shawn] Do we need more?
- [Connie] I don't know.
We would definitely go through whatever you made.
I'm not even questioning that.
We eat this stuff, nonstop,
once we have Thanksgiving dinner, so...
Don't be surprised,
if you see us eating this stuff for breakfast.
(chuckles) 'Cause, that's what I do!
- I don't know about us, Connie for sure!
- [Connie] I'm a freak, when it comes to Thanksgiving!
- It's the craziest thing I've ever seen!
Like, she will literally eat it,
for breakfast, lunch, and dinner,
for like four days in a row!
I'm good for Thanksgiving night,
and then leftovers the next day, maybe,
but after that, I'm kinda Thanksgiving'd out,
and then, by Christmas, we do it all over again,
which is awesome, and then I'm done, for like a year,
right?
- [Connie] Yeah, that's what we do!
Burn it out, and then we start it over in a year, so...
- Burnout is an understatement, for what Connie does.
(Connie and Shawn laughing)
- [Connie] I'm a freak!
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, an afternoon snack,
before bed snack.
She literally will eat this stuff.
- [Connie] I don't know!
Does anybody else do that, or am I the only one?
- I'm sure there's lots of people--
- [Connie] Comment below, if anybody else is crazy like me!
- So, we're filling up these water bottles with treats,
because they really like the crackling of the water bottle,
and we wanna see, if they can figure out
how to get the treats out.
So, usually I would put holes in 'em,
but we don't have the caps on top, so they...
- [Connie] I think it works better that way,
'cause now there's a way for them to, like for sure, get it,
but you gotta figure it out, though.
I bet you, once they figure it out though,
it won't be the same. - Yeah.
- [Connie] So, they see the treat inside the bottle,
and they're tryin' to figure out, how do I get 'em?
- [Kayla] How are you gonna get it, Harley?
- [Connie] There's no lid, I'm gonna dump it out!
- [Kayla] But, she's like, I will figure it out!
Oh, I figured it out!
- [Connie] We got one.
They're probably just gonna knock it around,
until they fall out.
- [Kayla] Yeah, Hershey just slammed it against the wall,
and it fell out.
(Kayla chuckling)
Hershey's like, just beat it up,
it'll give me treats!
Rolling it around a little bit.
- [Connie] Here, you guys!
I smashed it, and somethin' came out.
- [Kayla] Harley's like, I don't wanna figure it out!
I want Hershey to get it out for me!
- [Connie] Go have fun, dogs!
Have fun, babies!
So, the turkey's ready!
Shawn's gonna help us pull it out,
'cause it's really, really, really heavy!
- Oh, my gosh! (grunts) (Connie chuckling)
Alright, well I don't have to go the gym today, now!
Whoo, yeah!
Turkey press!
- [Connie] Yes!
- How much can you turkey press?
I can do, like 20 pounds, like 500 times.
- [Connie] Yeah, I'm gonna do lots of arm lifts. (chuckles)
- Well, that's kind of good news, and kind of bad news,
because good news is, we get to eat soon,
but bad news is, we weren't really expecting it to be done,
until like five o'clock.
So now, we gotta jam, boogie, and make everything else!
- [Connie] Nothing's made, but the turkey!
So, let's hurry!
(whimsical jazz music)
I'm back!
- [Shawn] Yes!
- Did you guys see this turkey?
I'm so excited!
It looks wonderful!
I'm gonna eat, I'm gonna steal some of that stuffing.
I want that stuffing! (Shawn exclaiming)
Aye, that's my stuffing! (chuckles)
- Not anymore! - Mine!
- You want it back? (chuckles) - No, thank you, that's okay,
actually.
We're all gonna have that stuffing!
It's really good!
And Tyler, can you help us?
Are you good at opening cans?
We need all the green beans open, and sweet potatoes,
the candied yams.
And here's, here's the can opener,
and that's down in there, or Daddy's moving it.
♫ It's Thanksgiving, it's Thanksgiving
♫ I love turkey ♫
So, for those of you, who don't know what we're working on,
this is the caramel that goes on the yams,
which is what makes it candied.
- Okay, I need spoon, mix it all in.
- [Connie] Yes, wooden spoon, perfect.
And then, we gotta turn it on, like a low.
We'll start with a medium, and get that all going,
and then we'll turn it down.
- [Kayla] It looks like gravy.
- [Connie] It starts off a dark brown,
and then it lightens up into a light brown color,
and it's just like caramel.
That's how they make caramel, I think.
- [Kayla] How do they make it tough, just let it sit?
- [Connie] Yes, once it cools down,
that whole thing would become a big candy bar.
- Really?
- [Connie] Yep, so we gotta work quick.
Once it's caramelized, we gotta pour it.
This is really nice!
We got everybody helping the share, with the food,
and I get to be like a director! (chuckles)
I'm like, you, hey you, do this!
Hey you, do that!
(Tyler babbling)
Half of you go this way, half of you go that way!
- Next year, I'm holdin' the camera.
That's no fair.
We do all the work!
- Yeah, but that's 'cause I knew how to cook it.
- [Tyler] What do we do over here, or--
- I had to direct.
That's how you become a director,
you gotta know how to do it.
- [Tyler] What do we do with this?
- We're gonna open that.
- So, hopefully, you guys learned enough,
to know how to do it yourself next year.
- (chuckles) Yeah, so we can sleep in.
(Connie and Shawn laughing)
- I don't know when it's supposed to be a solid.
I don't know how solid it is.
I don't know how solid it--
- [Connie] You'll know!
Give it a couple more minutes.
The kids are taking shifts with the caramel.
- [Kayla] I got four!
- [Connie] Yeah, Kayla did a lot, though.
(mechanic whirring)
Shawn's working on potatoes.
- I need butter and milk.
- [Connie] Okay, butter.
- I'm scared.
Is it this part, that makes it pop?
No, okay.
- [Connie] Sometimes, but not really.
- Sometimes?
- [Connie] Then, I just...
Then, I just whack it on the side of the counter, barely.
- It didn't work.
- [Connie] A little bit harder.
A little bit harder.
Whack it!
There you go! - I did it! (laughs)
(Connie chuckling)
- [Tyler] How is this not caramelized?
- I know, right?
- [Connie] It's very...
It takes time.
You just gotta be patient.
No, you'll burn it.
- [Kayla] Burn it, child!
- [Tyler] Okay.
(light festive music)
- [Shawn] Alright, I am the director, now!
(cackles) Take that turkey, drain that juice!
Drain the juice, alright.
- Gonna drop the turkey in the sink!
- [Shawn] Alright, cut, retake.
We gotta re-drain the juice again!
- [Connie] Turkey chunks are in there now!
It's just like the most wonderful, yummiest.
There's like pieces of turkey meat in it.
(knife whirring)
Oh, look at the juiciness!
- [Shawn] Oh, my gosh.
- [Connie] See, I told you guys, that's what you gotta do,
is inject it! (knife whirring)
- [Shawn] Okay.
It's very juicy!
Look at all the juice!
Can you see the juice down in there?
- [Shawn] Hey Kayla, come over here, and hold the camera.
- Stop stealing, you're gonna get your finger cut off!
- It's worth it! (Connie chuckling)
- [Kayla] Don't take it!
You always do, you always do that!
Make me supper!
Daddy! (Connie chuckling)
Who left him in charge, Tyler?
- [Connie] Yeah Tyler, you're fired!
- [Kayla] Daddy.
- It looks fine, it's perfect!
What's wrong with it?
I don't get it!
- [Kayla] It's bubbling too much!
Burn it!
Bad Daddy, bad!
That's all off!
Okay, so now, we gotta stick the biscuits in.
I'm scared.
- [Shawn] Be very careful.
- I'm scared!
- [Connie] Keep those fingers away from the rack!
(Kayla and Tyler exclaiming)
(Connie chuckling)
- I gotcha covered there, boo.
How long do they go in there for?
- I did it!
- [Connie] I don't know, where's the directions?
Kayla, go read 'em, quick.
15 minutes?
- I don't know!
- [Connie] It's right there, on that sheet,
that's all curled up. - This one, this one,
this one?
- [Connie] 15 minutes?
- "Directions, heat for"--
- [Connie] 14 to 16 minutes?
I'm guessing.
- 13 to 16.
- [Connie] Ah, I was close.
- [Tyler] 14 to 16.
- [Connie] It would've been perfect, at 14 minutes.
- [Shawn] Alright, so we got, what is this stuff?
Caramel?
- [Connie] The caramel going on the yams.
Perfect.
- [Shawn] Oh yeah, look at that.
That looks so good!
- [Connie] I wonder if you guys have ever had this.
We're gonna put some marshmallows on there.
That's our green bean casserole.
Our gravy's ready.
Whoo!
We did it! - Yes!
- We got everything ready!
- Good job, Mommy, yay!
- This is our destination!
This is our destination,
but the journey was making all this!
So, you cannot have this, without the journey!
The journey is the most important part!
- And it was awesome.
- Alright. - Well, thank you guys so much
for all your help.
You're awesome!
Good job, baby!
Everything looks delicious, I can't wait to eat it.
So, we're gonna say grace,
and then we're gonna turn you guys off,
and enjoy our meal.
So, I'm sure you guys don't wanna watch us
eat all of this yummy food.
You spent enough time watching us cook it,
now go eat your own food!
It's our food!
Alright, so everybody hold hands.
Dear Lord, thank You for this day,
thank You for this life,
and thank You for the blessings,
that You've given to our family,
and with all this food we get to nurture our bodies with,
and the roof over our head.
We are truly blessed by Your grace, Lord,
and we thank You for everything, in Jesus' name we pray,
amen.
- [Kayla And Connie] Amen!
- Alright!
- Part of the climbing on you all--
- Guys, comment!
You guys comment below, what you're thankful for today,
and we wanna wish all of you a very,
very happy Thanksgiving!
We love you, thank you so much for watching!
- So, we hope you guys enjoyed this video!
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- And until next time!
- [All] Bye!
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