Since I'm sure everyone is over and done with the whole "I'm thankful for blah-blah-blah" posts, I'll spare you the thankfulness act. Instead, I'll just overload you with a photo dump from the holiday weekend.
We spent Thanksgiving day with Eric's family. His parents recently bought a new house and this was my first time seeing it. I loved it. I also loved the new furniture. And I especially loved the endless supply of holiday food. In fact, when we first arrived I put away nearly a whole dish of French onion dip/ Fritos all by myself. The pilgrims would have been proud.
Two days after Thanksgiving, we hosted our own get-together for my family at our house. Since everyone was all turkey'd out, we switched up the menu and went with Mexican. Eric and I slaved away over enchiladas, Mom made Mexican rice, and my sister Tanya made the refried beans. My brother Chris brought beer and margaritas. I'm not exaggerating when I say EVERY item on the menu was mouthwatering. Eric and I even ate it again the next night as leftovers and it was even better the second time around.
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We spent Thanksgiving day with Eric's family. His parents recently bought a new house and this was my first time seeing it. I loved it. I also loved the new furniture. And I especially loved the endless supply of holiday food. In fact, when we first arrived I put away nearly a whole dish of French onion dip/ Fritos all by myself. The pilgrims would have been proud.
Pearl and her cousin working on an archeological dig project that we bought at the Gem and Mineral Show.
Eric's parents, who graciously hosted the delicious meal.
Eric's sister and brother-in-law, Vicki and Tate.
The table setting I fell in love with.
Still in love with it.
Eric and his brother Todd.
Pearl and her cousin modeling holiday attire 2012.
Nephew Mark playing the guitar.
Eric and I doing our best "teenager" impression.
The kids acting like they have deep thoughts.
Sister-in-law Joy chatting with the girls.
Sister Tanya and niece Annalise.
Mom, probably telling the story about how she swears the movie Losing Isaiah is a real story that she heard about on the news.
Nephew M, his flared nostrils, and Biscuit.
The enchiladas from Heaven.
The enchiladas from Heaven (continued).
The younger kids played Tennis on the original Nintendo, while the older ones played Halo.
All of the kids made their own sundaes for dessert.
My sister, the Unoriginal Thinker. We all acknowledged that this was the best picture taken of her the whole night, so I agreed to actually making it available to her.
Pearl and her new BFF. At one point, I actually saw Pearl run up behind Annalise and casually put her arm around her. You know, like on an awkward date.
Nephew L lounging around while watching TV.
My brother Chris. In our family, it's not a party unless at least one person ends up like this.
That's it for my Thanksgiving round-up. Both celebrations were a success and lots of fun. How did it compare to yours? Pretty standard, I'm guessing. Except fort he enchiladas. Unless you're Mexican. In which case, it was still pretty standard.
Boner'ppetite!
