11.30.2008

Thanksgiving and Christmas festivities!

Thanksgiving was WONDERFUL! we were super blessed by lots of friends-new and old- and a beautiful city to celebrate in. Brandon and i were house-sitting for some friends and they were kind enough to let us have our thanksgiving feast in their home. let's just say the best part about it was the dishwasher (not to mention the huge kitchen/table, satellite tv, etc)!!! haha

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i put emily to work...now that's a dedicated friend!

the boys figuring out where to put all the chairs

basting the turkey (after calling my mom for the 3rd time!)

again, emi was such a huge help. she did my most unfavorite job: peeling potatoes

the finished product

our friend, Todd, carving the turkey he and Jen brought.

Ryan and Alex being helpful

Brandon carving his first turkey

the spread...way too much food

can't keep emily from helping...

playing chickenfoot after we filled our bellies

i had everyone write what they were thankful for on our pumpkin

Jen, Todd, Brandon, Emi and I (and some random very happy man) downtown at the annual Christmas Tree lighting...INCREDIBLE

after the lighting. 75 feet hight, 50 years old. just beautiful

I love you, emily!



And today after church, Brandon, Alex and I went to buy a Christmas tree! The tree wouldn't fit in our car (what we did last year) and since we don't have a rack on top of my car, Brandon and Alex walked home with it. i LOVE living in the city!!! here they are flexing their muscles.

decorating

our annual "we're finished decorating the tree" picture:)

3 comments:

Claudia said...

oh.....what good pictures. The turkey looked perfect! Your tree is so pretty. Can't wait till you're here. love you, Mom

em said...

beautiful!! oh i wish the weekend wasn't over either. pretty tree!!

Hannah said...

looks like a wonderful thanksgiving! the franzen's are at our house this weekend and we were talking about y'all last night. miss you lots! so excited to see you next month! woohoo