Saturday, December 10, 2011

Thanksgiving Day

This year we did something we have never done before, we spent T-day with friends. These friends are not just any friends, they are like family to me, and therefore to us :)

We had a fantastic time with them.  It was delicious, fun, adventurous and at one point disappointing...


 I love Maricela and her family. I am grateful to have her in my life 
(almost daily really, except for Wednesday and Sunday, LOL! Wednesday 'cause H is off of work and Sunday cause its nap time or one of us is at church.  
I never could have imagined that running would give me one of the best gifts life has to offer, friendships)
 
 Dinner was SUPER yummy.  The turkey was perfect, the gravy was good, the sides were all yummy.  The only disappointment, and I am only writing it down so we can look back at this an laugh in years to come, was the rolls.  We attempted to make beautiful fresh rolls and it the midst of trying to speed things up we put the rolls to rise in a "warm" oven with plastic ON TOP OF IT and after 15mins of so the dough had baked a third of the way and the plastic had successfully melted over them AND the bowl they were in.  We did have back up roll and they were not good.  Mari made the rolls later that night and they were SUPER yummy. Now we know.  Live and learn :) 

 Not in this picture are Pops and his family :(  I just noticed it.  
The kids were in heaven up at the Young Family Compound.  We hardly saw them :)

 Rockwell and Maricela 

 The kids LOVED hot tubbing in the snow 

 Theresa and "papita" (aka Amaya) I love this woman.  She will give you the shirt off her back if you needed it.  She is also a great cook and a hilarious lady!  On a side note, this picture does not do this baby any justice.  She is GORGEOUS... FOR REAL!

A sweet moment caught on camera.  These two are too cute to watch.  

It was a fantastic time.  On the way home that night Dave and I talked about what a great time it had been and how blessed we are to have the Youngs as our friends.  Great times, that is for sure!