Cooking my First Thanksgiving! HELP!!!!

[erthangel]

Our tradition from before we were even married was to go to my ILs... Well.. My MIL passed away last Jan. and my ILs are doing NOTHING!! We're not even getting together!! HOW sad!!!!!!!

So... In light of this, I decided my kids WILL NOT go to a restaurant (not that it's bad, just what I did in my teen years for Thanksgiving) for TURKEY day!

So I am cooking for my family of 4, my parents and my grandma....

But I need HELP! Recipes? What's the best things you can cook? TIPS!?!?! This is a weird year! My mom is not a cook.. I LOVE to cook!! Help me!!