Thanksgiving

 

As a Thanksgiving post, I thought I would start this with saying how thankful I am.  For Starters, I have two handsome, healthy, happy boys.  They are my heartbeat!  The rest of my family is pretty great too! =D  I ended my last post with saying I am thankful for friends who make life’s journey a little easier…  I mean that with all my heart.  There are always a certain few that brighten our day and make us smile.  I have been blessed with many. 
Near and far, I am so thankful to have you in my life!

Since Gigi said we could NEVER come to Oregon during the winter again (she cried last year as we made our way home over Donner in a terrible storm certain that we would have to eat each other before the ordeal was over) we stayed in Reno.  We were blessed to be invited over to Derrick and Rose’s house for Thanksgiving dinner.  And what a feast they provided!  Get this- Turkey, Prime Rib, Tri-tip, Ox tail and beans, Dorito Casserole, and homemade soup, then the sides-stuffing, rice, fresh green beans, Macaroni & Cheese -Mashed Potatoes and Yams (from my mom) rolls, and lastly the desserts- Pecan pies, Pumpkin pies- sweet white potato pie, peach cobbler and reese’s bars (from me) and our little turkey friends that my mom and I stayed up until 2:30am putting 60 of the little guys together.  We were delirious and cracking upl  One of my favorite places to be is in the kitchen.  Having my mom there too was like winning a million bucks.   Anyway… back to our wonderful friends.  A little R&R, a wee bit of wii, and a few do’s (hair) later and it was time to head out to Pastor’s.  There we were greeted with a boatload of desserts!  More feasting, lots of gabbing, and a few really good belly laughs later and we left just in time to start our “Black Friday”-oops (Thursday 10pm) shopping!  Five stores and six hours later, I flopped into bed at 4 am, the proud owner of a….. $9 CROCKPOT!!! What a crazy night!  Hosted breakfast at our house at 5pm.  Yes, we have our days and nights mixed up! Played cards, enjoyed the night!  Saturday went shooting, forgot the 22 rifle, but had the 20 gauge shotgun.  We all shared and had a BLAST!!! (get it?)  Anyway! 

I hope that you all had a wonderful, fun-loving Thanksgiving!