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Thanksgiving 2013

I love Thanksgiving and it is always so fun for me to prepare Thanksgiving dinner! We had a very low key celebration at home this past year. We spent time together remembering all that we have been blessed with. It was great. Just us, our Bear boy, and our friend Bob. I made the same turkey I made last year and it was F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S! Here is the recipe! I also tried a homemade cranberry sauce (recipe) and it was so easy and super yummy (and I don't even like cranberry sauce)! One more new recipe I tried was for a gravy made with the drippings from the turkey, oh.my.goodness. I'm not kidding, you need to make it! I was surprised that it was so good! If you make this gravy, get the fat separator, it is really useful.

A simple table with stuff we already had!

I love the natural light we get in our home. Grateful for desert sunshine!

recipe for cranberry sauce

recipe for gravy

Halloween 2013

Thanks to my friend Erinn, I decided (and copied her idea) to be a "super" family for halloween. Costumes were super easy and I had or made everything except the superman shirt. We went to our church halloween party one night and decided to switch costumes for a party the next night with friends. I thought it was hilarious and I was surprised Rob was down to go as wonder woman!

Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I just love it. I love taking a step back to really think of how blessed we are. This year we were not able to go see family for the holiday so we had a wonderful day with each other and a dear friend of ours. I love being able to prepare thanksgiving dinner and decorate or house a little for the festivities. We pretty much have our turkey down using a recipe we love from "Our Best Bites". If you are looking for the most delicious turkey recipe check it out!

Simple fall flowers including my favorite hydrangea!

Yum!

We also did the gravy from Our Best Bites and it's the best gravy I've ever had. That's not a joke.

My dude serving it up!

I'm most grateful for my two guys!

Thanksgiving 2012

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving in our new home in 2012. Janet and Keith, Rob's parents, joined us as well as our friend and neighbor, Ben. It was nice to have help in the kitchen (as opposed to this year) and fun company. We mixed in a few traditions from both of our families and it was a delight. We finished the evening with desserts over at our besties house and we had WAY too much pie!

Why do I not use the tripod?!

Handsome guy, pretty table

Janet making her delicious butter flake rolls, if she consents I'll share the recipe!

Letting Jannie in on our Thanksgiving/Christmas tradition of starbucks. She loved the carmel apple cider

Keithy looking handsome

Ok, here's the deal with this, Rob has the LOUDEST and most obnoxious clap ever. Be glad this is not a video

Loving on our sweet Bear boy

See what I mean about too much pie...

The end of a great holiday. We love our besties!

Christmas 2011

Christmas this year was great! It was different for me because I didn't go home at all this year. We had a blast having Janet and Keith, Rob's parents, come spend it with us! We had a few days here in Yuma with them before Christmas. Also, thanks to our besties, we started a new tradition of going out to eat on Christmas eve. Christmas day was such a wonderful day. The morning started with opening the huge mound of gifts we received from our fabulous family and friends. My sweet husband made us all hot chocolate while we opened gifts. We had a great sacrament meeting at church then returned home to start cooking. The day only got better! We had six missionaries over for the afternoon and dinner, it was AWESOME! They came to use our "technology"! It was so fun seeing the excitement of their families as the elders called and skyped home! I have such a special place in my heart for missionaries and I have been so grateful for this more and more each day. This August will be five years since I became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! It was a fantastic day!

We(Rob's brothers and their wives) put together a shadowbox for Keith's retirement from the navy in 2011. Rob worked so hard on it and it turned out so great! We are grateful for your service Keithy, we love you!

Love this picture, priceless!

Bear got a "chewy vuitton" from my Gma for Christmas, hilarious!

My attempt at a melted snowman cake

Thanks for the cards friends! Its one of my favorite things about the season

Bear got his very own Sharks jersey from Aunt Jeni and Uncle Jared

A little 23rd skype sesh with the fam

Thanksgiving 2011 San Jo

We were fortunate enough to go home to killa cali for Thanksgiving and it was a blast! It was great to have the time with my family and to enjoy the cold weather! We had our annual turkey cook-off where my Mom and Dad each cook a turkey then everyone votes for the one they like best. It's always hilarious!