Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday this year with the Spears and the Moores because our friend Randi is a nurse and she had to work Thanksgiving. We divided up the dishes, got together and cooked up a storm and then ate at this beautiful table at Randi's house.

Not too shabby for some first-timers.

Love these people! We had a fabulous time eating and chatting the night away. 

I think this was my first Thanksgiving with less than 20-30 people in attendance. We sure missed our big and fabulous families but we had a great time with just the seven of us.

 

We spotted Santa's reindeer on the drive home.

We threw together this little meal on Thanksgiving for just the two of us.

We also hosted Tyler's cousin Connor and his two friends at our place over Thanksgiving break. They came up from SVU. Connor knew someone who works for NCIS so we went and toured the Pentagon with them on Black Friday. It was much more enjoyable than crowded malls. 

We are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekend Getaway

We used more of my parents' timeshare points to spend the weekend in Shenandoah with friends. It is such a gorgeous area and we had so much fun just hanging out, playing games, eating, watching movies and hiking.

Superstorm Sandy left us quite a bit of snow.

Baby Shower

There has been a baby explosion in our ward. There are about 10 girls who are either pregnant or recently had a baby. All of these babies means lots of baby showers. This one was particularly fabulous. We met at our girlfriend's office in Georgetown, stuffed balloons up our shirts and walked around Georgetown taking pictures with strangers and in front of iconic places for a scavenger hunt. It was quite hysterical!

Ellen's balloon baby was my favorite! (blue dress)