Thanksgiving 2009

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving with my mom's side of the family and some friends. My mom is the oldest of 8 and 4 of the 8 and all their kids were able to make it this year. We had 50+ people! Once again we held it at the cultural hall of our church. It works out quite nice. The food was delicious as always. We were also joined by my sister Brittney's in-laws and some of mom's (and now ours, too!) friends from work. It was great to spend time with so many awesome people. Everyone played BINGO and we got some sweet prizes.


My grandma brought little figurines for the grand kids to paint. It was supposed to be one figurine per kid but Mali went nuts! She LOVES painting. She ended up painting her's, Abram's, David's, and mine! ( and yes I still get counted as a grand kid!) In the end she even painted another one, for a grand total of five. She was so concentrated and had a great time....

Here's the little man contentedly chewing on a car...

How grandpa and Abram spent the afternoon, post grubbing...

Here is me contemplating my next move in Scrabble. Apparently I should have thought a little harder... my uncle Eric whomped everyone. Although, let it be known that had Eric not gotten 2 50 point bonuses for using all of his letters, I would have been close. After that we played a rather intense game of spoons. Blood was drawn, shoes lost, and chairs knocked over. Good times...

Here was one of my contributions to the feast... Little Acorns. I got this from my friend's blog. Aren't they cute? Donut holes, melted peanut butter chips, toffee chips, and a pretzel piece. Delicious! Thanks to Britt and her awesome photography...

It was my second Thanksgiving in a row without David. We are in no way getting used to having him gone, but it was nice to be surrounded by family and friends. Can't wait for next year when I will actually get to celebrate the holidays with my man.

We also got word on when his leave will be... January 16th he should land in Phoenix. I can't wait!!!! David's sister, Liz will fly up here on the 14th and help me drive back to Phoenix. I actually bought the plane ticket before I knew when his leave was for sure. They had said it could be January (the latter part), February, or March. Leave it to the Army to mess with my plans! Hopefully our traveling will go well and we'll get there BEFORE David does. I don't want to waste a minute of the precious two weeks we will have with him.

After that the kids and I will be staying in Arizona for a while. It will be a great opportunity for the kids and I to spend time with David's side. Not to mention work on our Spanish! I am very excited to get to know everyone better and have them get to know us as well. Often when I tell people my plan to spend time with my in laws the give me horror stories of their own and tell me that I am crazy. I personally am excited for this opportunity. I am sure there will be challenges but the benefits will definitely outweigh them. Can't wait to see everyone!