(light music)
- Good morning and happy Thanksgiving.
I am in the middle.
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- This is our very first Thanksgiving,
just as a our family and we're making it all on our own
and it's such an exciting morning
but as I was making bread, I told the kids that
I have something that I 'm gonna let them play with
that was mine when I was a kid and whenever
I pull something like that out, the kids love it
but Jackson last night asked if it was old and dirty.
Is it old and dirty?
- No.
- [Ellie] No.
- Hey, where's all the puppies?
- [Ellie] Look, they're hidden.
Open this up.
There puppies and cats.
See look, there's a puppy.
See and look, Calvin, look you turn this, look,
you can turn this and put one in here, Jackson.
- Mom look, I have a cat.
- [Ellie] Yeah, you can put one in there and then turn it
in there and it hides and then the bus guy
drives around town to try and get the puppies
but the puppies hurry and hide under a rock
so that the guy doesn't find em.
- So our turkey has been sitting in this brine
for ten straight hours.
I know most people wanna do it for like 24 hours but
it's the first time for me so I'm learning
as I'm going.
It smells absolutely delicious in there.
- [Ellie] Poor Penny. - It is so good.
I know Penny had to sleep right next to it
with that delicious smell.
She was probably howling the whole night
but don't worry, we're gonna give her a little piece
of turkey today, she's gonna love it.
I've got some stuff that I wanna get.
My dad just said that he has a turkey cannon
at his house and that's one of the best ways
to keep a turkey moist while you're cooking it
on the smoker and I'm gonna show you all about
that in just a minute so I'm gonna run over
to my mom and dad's house real quick
and we'll get right to turkey.
Turkey day.
(light music)
K, should we take the turkey out?
K.
Ready?
- [Ellie] Are you gonna put it in the sink?
- Yep.
K back up, pal.
- That's a real?
- [Ellie] Gobble, gobble, gobble!
(turkey sound)
- [Jackson] Is that a real turkey?
- [Ellie] It is. - Yeah.
This is what we're gonna cook today.
- I'm not gonna eat that.
- No it's gonna look a lot better than this,
don't worry, bud.
These are the legs right here.
These are the wings, this is the breast right here.
- What's that red thing?
- That is a, I think it's a temperature popper,
right, it pops when it gets hot enough.
So this is called a turkey cannon and what it does
and hopefully for me anyway, it will infuse
the turkey with moisture so we have some apple
juice that we're just going to.
- [Ellie] Which is Motts, only the best.
- Pour it in.
- [Ellie] What?
I don't think my dad ever did this, this is like new to me.
- And then what we do is we'll take our turkey
and we just put our turkey right,
what do you think, boys?
- That's awesome but what did you do this for?
The cannon, it's gonna shoot out?
- No, it's not that kind of cannon but it just
makes the turkey really nice and moist.
People put lots of different things in here
like water and like different herbs and stuff.
We're kind of going for like an applewood kind of taste
so we got applewood pellets, rub and apple juice
inside there so that's the flavor I'm going for anyway.
I've gotta say, that looks so stinking good already
and we haven't even cooked it yet, Ellie.
That's what I'm gonna do right now.
I'm gonna go outside and turn on the Camp Chef,
the smoker, where, I mean I've had a few turkeys
in my lifetime but the best turkey I've ever had
is on a smoker.
Hi Penny girl.
I am so excited to use this Camp Chef smoker
to cook my very first turkey on.
Alright, we'll put some pellets in here.
Power, so what we'll do is we'll turn it to low smoke
for a little bit until it gets going
and we'll put the turkey in once it's at temperature.
I wish you guys could smell this like,
do you hear that roar too?
Oh, it smells so good, I'm so excited, okay,
we're gonna let that sit for a minute.
We're gonna make sure the turkey is all ready to go.
I think we've done just about everything.
Turkey's ready, right?
We just have to wait for it to get to temperature.
I'm excited.
I like this is fun.
- Happy first, I feel like it's our first.
- [Jared] It does. - Like it kind of is.
- [Jared] Yeah.
- Since we're all just making it.
- [Jared] Yeah.
We've got our cookbook with the pumpkin pie
that Ellie's making.
- Ah!
- [Jared] This is so fun.
Are you having a good time?
- I am loving, like K, what time is it?
We're having a late day, we're gonna have like dinner.
- Well it's 11 o'clock.
It'll take about an hour and a half, two hours
to smoke the turkey at about 300 degrees, I think?
- [Ellie] Here's my bread.
- [Jared] You got the bread rising?
- Let me see.
- [Jared] Yum.
- Here's my bread and Calvin and Jackson
have been playing for hours with my toy.
- [Jared] With the little puppy dog pound or
what do they call it?
- Yeah, little pound puppy.
- [Jared] Pound puppy.
- Tommy's taking a nap, we're just like enjoying our day.
- [Jared] I love this, happy Thanksgiving to you.
- Happy Thanksgiving.
- We are at temperature on the smoker,
on the Camp Chef.
K, should we do this?
- [Ellie] You smell something?
- Something good, huh Penny?
- [Ellie] So it's gonna smoke for a few hours?
- Yeah a couple hours.
- [Ellie] And then you'll cook it?
- No that's cooking time too.
K, there she goes. - [Ellie] Awesome.
How exciting, Jar.
- There we go, let's do this, yeah!
So here's the deal with all of this on Thanksgiving
for me anyway, this is my first time ever doing it.
I'm probably doing a million things wrong
so that's how you learn is you try and you try
and you fail and you learn and then you do better
the next time so I'm hoping this time goes smooth
as possible but I recognize that there's a chance
that we could totally fail Thanksgiving.
- That smell, what's that smell?
- That smells like the pie, doesn't it?
Does it smell good?
- No pumpkin pie.
- Pumpkin pie, does it smell good?
Are you excited to have that?
- It's warm right on this.
- Yeah, it's warm right here, huh?
- Why?
- Because that's where the dishwasher is.
Pretty cool, huh?
Right there.
Happy Thanksgiving, bud.
- And right there?
- [Jared] Yep, that's the sink.
- And right there?
- [Jared] And that's under the sink.
And that's the butter knife, that's the apple juice,
those are the disinfecting wipes,
that's the Dawn dish soap and that's the baster
and right here?
- Yeah.
- [Jared] Whose this?
- My head.
- Yeah, that's your head.
You smelling some good stuff, Penny huh?
It is pumpkin pie, that's what she's smelling huh?
She's getting her nose all sorts of goodness.
We are coming down to the wire,
the turkey is almost done.
Ellie, how's your status?
- Ah!
- We've got stuffing right there.
We've got cranberries right here.
The pie looks amazing right here.
Penny's all over the place, loving all of the smells.
- Tommy doesn't take very long naps and today he took
like an almost three hour nap and we were all like yes!
- It was just what we needed to get everything ready
but we're still not, not quite there yet.
Penny, you get down from there, sister!
- [Ellie] Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog!
Whoa!
- [Jackson] Let me see.
- [Ellie] If you guys cannot tell, we are excited today.
Our corn is done, my rolls, I'm so proud of.
Ah!
Pie, cranberry sauce, stuffing.
We didn't make a full Thanksgiving dinner,
there's a few things we totally could've
made that were not going to.
(gasping)
This is enough for us, our small family.
Eek, you're so cute.
Holy moly!
Ah!
For why?
- I'm gonna let the juice of the.
- [Ellie] Sit?
- And also because I have no idea what I'm doing.
- [Ellie] Yes you do, you're doing awesome.
- I feel like I don't know what I'm doing.
- [Ellie] Holy moly Jared, your first turkey,
this looks awesome.
Penny's drooling.
We even get a wish bone.
- Yep.
- [Jackson] What's a wish bone?
- We'll find it and then you and Calvin can do it.
Happy first Thanksgiving, Tommy.
You're gonna eat your first food tonight.
Good.
Your first baby food.
- [Jared] Alright.
- You've been so good.
- [Jared] She has, she actually gets
the first piece of turkey.
- K, we're gonna eat and you're gonna stay here.
(laughing)
- [Jared] That's gonna be gone in two seconds.
And it's gone.
(laughing)
- Thank you.
- You are so welcome, I'm so excited for you
to take the very first bite that's not from a dog.
(laughing)
- That's not from the dog?
- [Jared] Yeah, tell me what you think.
I'm really nervous.
- It's, I can tell it's super moist.
- [Jared] Oh that's good.
Is it good?
Do you like it?
Do you love it?
- Tommy's face.
I am being very honest.
It's like one of the best I've ever had.
- [Jared] Oh you stop it.
- I'm not just saying it.
- [Jared] You're not?
- No, you smoked it and like did such a good job, Jar.
- Thank, Ellie, I'm glad you like it.
I'm anxious to try it.
K, I put the camera on top of my cup
so this could be really bad.
Here it is, Tommy, first bite.
That is like.
- [Ellie] The best turkey you've ever had?
- Ellie, I'm like.
That's so good.
It's tender, it's moist, it's cooked.
Oh wow.
- [Ellie] Good job.
- Thank you.
That Camp Chef did amazing like that was.
- [Ellie] Now try.
- Now try the stuffing?
- [Ellie] Yeah.
- I'm not a stuffing fan.
- [Ellie] Eat it!
(laughing)
- [Jared] Is that your roll?
Is that a homemade roll from mom?
- And we're sharing this.
- Oh we are?
Okay.
- [Ellie] Learning, oh sharing.
- Sharing it and I'm excited for you to try
your first food today, buddy.
I, I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear you,
what did you say, Ellie?
- This is the best turkey!
- You're not just saying that are you?
- No, you did so good.
- [Jared] Thank you.
And guess what?
- This has been such a fun day with you.
- [Jared] It has been and I ate all my stuffing.
It was good.
- Thanks, Jar.
- Thank you.
The rolls are amazing.
I mean, everything you did was perfect.
I can't wait to dive into that pie.
- [Ellie] I know.
- Uh oh, your roll is on the ground.
You were rocking and rolling.
Oh, Penny's on the move!
Grab it!
Good job, oh good girl, Penny.
(laughing)
- What we're gonna do is we're gonna,
we're gonna go around the table.
- And we're gonna smash our face in it.
(laughing)
- We're not, we're not gonna smash,
are you a YouTuber?
We're not gonna smash our face in it.
We're gonna say what we're grateful for
and it can be one thing.
Calvin, are you listening?
Or it can be a lot of things.
I want momma and daddy to go first
so that you kinda can hear what we're talking about, okay?
- [Jared] K.
- I am grateful for Penny and I'm grateful
for my warm bed and I'm grateful for
quiet time and I'm grateful for dad.
- And me?
- And I'm grateful for church.
- And me?
- And I'm grateful for all of my babies,
for Jackson, Calvin and Tommy.
- And Penny.
- And Jess is my favorite.
- Yeah, Jess is my friend too.
- I have so many things what I'm grateful for
and I'm trying not to cry.
When you take time and you think about
the blessings that you have and the things
that you're grateful for, you can help but
be overwhelmed by
by the gratitude, you know, it's just,
I'm so grateful for Thanksgiving,
where it's a day where we can do that
but I'm grateful that we can always recognize
the blessings that we have in our life
and what we're grateful for.
I have been thinking about this a lot lately
and I am grateful for the trials that we overcome,
for the lessons that we learn,
for things that we can do to help ourselves
and to help others.
I am grateful for my sweet, sweet wife
and what I learn from her and how she helps us
as a family.
I am grateful for our sweet,
miracle babies, our three boys.
I'm sorry, this is my dad and my, this is the Mecham
side coming through.
I am grateful for our three boys.
You guys.
- One, two, three, three, three.
- That's right because you guys bring me such joy
and happiness, all three of you are so similar
but you're so different at the same time
and I love that.
You're each your own person, especially you, Tommy.
Look at him right now.
- I'm the oldest child in the whole world.
- [Jared] Yep and that means you have a big responsibility
to take care of your younger two brothers, don't ya?
- Yep, I'm the boss of my brothers.
(laughing)
- I am grateful for our sweet dog, Penny
and she's my good friend.
I am grateful for our businesses.
We have a few of them and I'm grateful for
the success that we've had.
I'm grateful for the support that we've had
over all of these years and I'm grateful
for each and every one of you.
I'm sorry I'm taking my sweet time with this, Ellie.
- [Ellie] It's okay, it's a special.
- It is special.
I'm grateful for the holidays that we get to spend
time with family and friends and I know that
there's a lot of you who don't have that opportunity
and I hope that
- [Jackson] Don't cry!
- I'm trying not to.
I hope that our YouTube channel, our community,
can be a place where you feel like you do have family
because we want to welcome you with our open arms,
every single day so I hope you feel that,
especially this holiday season.
That's enough for me.
I'm sorry but I hope you understand the feeling
from my heart, where this comes from and why
I have a lot of gratitude and I want you to know that.
- And I got this.
- [Jared] Yes you do have a book, K.
- So Calvin, I wanna hear what you're thankful for.
- Lincoln.
- [Jared] Lincoln.
That's a good answer.
- Is there anything else?
- Our food.
- The food.
- [Jared] The food.
Awe, that's great.
Do you have anything else that you're thankful for?
What is it?
- The pie.
- [Jared] Yeah, that's a good one.
Is there anything else you wanna share?
- Yeah, our Tesla car.
(laughing)
- The Tesla.
- [Jared] The Tesla.
- The little Tesla.
- [Jared] The little Tesla, that's pretty fun, huh?
- K Jackson.
- [Jared] What are you thankful for?
- Think about what makes you happy
and what you're thankful for.
- I'm thankful for all my family.
I'm thankful for my breakfast.
I'm thankful for my toys
and my, and my paints and my life.
- Awe.
- [Jared] Good, that's some really great stuff
to be thankful for, buddy.
- So thankful for you.
You know that?
You are so sweet.
- What are you grateful for?
What makes you happy?
Those are just a few things from us,
there are so many more.
They're literally limitless.
Alright boys, this is the wishbone.
And what it is is a magical bone that makes wishes come true
so what you do is you'll each grab a side of it, K?
- K.
- And then you think of a wish and then daddy says,
one, two, three and you pull it apart,
you hold on tight and pull it apart
and whoever has the piece on top,
their wish comes true.
- How, like counts?
- Well you'll just have to see.
- [Ellie] K, let's try it.
- [Jared] Tell me when you have yours.
- Santa bring me a robot with a remote control.
- And me.
- [Jared] K Calvin, what's your wish?
- I think I turn into mom.
(laughing)
- [Jared] You like mom a lot, don't ya?
- [Ellie] Okay.
- [Jared] Okay, now I'm gonna say one, two, three
and then you pull it apart.
- Okay.
- [Jared] K?
One, two, three.
- Oh hold it, Cal.
(gasping)
and Jackson got the bigger end.
- [Jared] Jackson got the bigger piece.
- [Ellie] Was that fun to try?
- [Jared] Was that cool?
- Yeah, my dream comes true!
- [Jared] We'll see.
- Good job, Calvin.
Calvin wants to turn into me, huh?
(laughing)
- Well hey, I think you're pretty sweet.
- Why is that the cutest thing ever?
- I got the bigger piece!
- [Jared] My favorite thing.
- I wish I turn into mom.
- My favorite thing is when like boys
will say like, mom, I wanna marry you.
- [Ellie] Oh yeah.
- Like that's the sweetest thing.
- And my thyroid on my progesterone
medication made today so.
I just feel super grateful.
- [Jared] I beg your pardon.
Who has gotten into the pumpkin pie
before I got here?
- I waited for you.
- [Jared] Well you're sweet.
- Look at his face.
- [Jared] Did you get some pumpkin pie?
- He found his tongue today.
- Yeah, he's been doing that all day.
You want more?
You've already eaten it all?
Well did you put whipped cream on it?
There ya go.
Here Cal, do you want some whipped cream?
- I want just.
- [Jared] Okay.
Mom, do you want some?
- No, but I'll have some on my pie.
- [Jared] K.
- [Ellie] Thanks, that's great.
- [Jared] Wait until I put some on mine.
(laughing)
Ellie, this homemade pumpkin pie is amazing.
- Can I tell you a secret?
- I didn't add a half a teaspoon of cloves,
I added a full teaspoon of cloves.
- What?
What?
- Jackson, don't do that, hey.
- I want some more pumpkin pie.
- Okay but don't break my pie.
- You know, when I took a bite of it,
I thought there's gotta be more cloves in here.
What'd you say?
- I want that in my mouth.
- [Jared] Okay, one more.
There you go.
K Jackson, this is gonna be the last one,
you want it?
(laughing)
- What happened?
- [Jared] What happened?
This happened!
(screaming)
- Jared!
You stinker.
Tommy, what did he do?
- Not on Tommy.
- [Jared] Not on Tommy?
What about Calvin?
(crying)
Oh.
- Oh no, it's okay.
- [Jared] It's okay.
(crying)
Calvin, what about this?
Hey look, what about this?
What if we do this instead?
On Jackson?
What about mommy?
(laughing)
- It got on Tommy.
(laughing)
- [Jared] Is that silly?
- Take a picture of me.
(laughing)
- [Jared] You think that's funny?
(crying)
well you guys are definitely have different thoughts, huh?
- Dad, take a picture.
- [Jared] Okay, I'll get it off of you
and then I'll take a picture.
- [Ellie] Roll the dice, mister.
What number is that?
- Six.
- [Ellie] K, what color should we color six?
So far we have gray as five, what color should six be?
K, I'll have this one.
So we're gonna color all of the sixes orange
and when we're all done with our paper,
- Is this a nine?
- [Ellie] That is a six.
We'll see what they look like.
Alright, there is our coloring sheets.
Yours looks amazing.
Calvin, where did yours go?
And he is popping poppers.
Jared's playing some music
and Mister Tommy is doing tummy, tummy Tommy time.
Tommy, happy first Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving.
(singing)
- Hug me more.
(laughing)
- Oh, my boys!
♪ And mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. ♪
♪ It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. ♪
- [Jared] Yes it is.
Now that Thanksgiving is kind of over,
bring on the Christmas music.
Bring on the Christmas snacks.
We've got Hickory Farms, the Christmas tree
is lit and we are dancing.
(Christmas music)
♪ Jingle bells, oh what fun it is to ride ♪
♪ On a one horse open ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
- [Jared] Hey Jackson, come on up here, buddy.
We are gonna say good night!
Yeah!
(laughing)
Oh my goodness gracious, what a wonderful day today,
wouldn't you say?
- Oh my gosh.
- Down by the bay, it's been a great day.
- Mommy, what's this?
- [Jared] What's this?
- [Ellie] He said, let's dance.
- [Jared] Let's dance?
Let's dance!
♪ Dreaming of a white Christmas ♪
♪ Just like the ones I used to know ♪
- We hope you guys have a wonderful day.
We hope you had a great Thanksgiving
and from the beginning or the holidays from us to you,
we hope you have a great holiday season.
There's gonna be a lot of fun adventures from us.
Stay tuned and we'll see you guys next time.
Bye!
- Bye!
- [Jared] Say bye.
- Bye!
- [Jared] Jackson, say bye! - [Jackson] Bye!