Well, here it is the end of November and another month has flown by. Jason and I enjoyed a great Thanksgiving feast with the Burningham family this year. Jeff and Sally were gracious enough to host it in their home. We had 10 adults and 7 energetic kids. It was also James' 2nd birthday so it kind of doubled as a birthday party complete with gifts. We ate around 2:00pm and it was one of the most delicious Thanksgiving meals I can remember! I ate some of everything and it was all amazing. We enjoyed hanging out, talking, and playing games like Word on the Street, Ticket to Ride, and Bananagrams. I brought an apple and pumpkin pie that I made completely from scratch. It was my first experience making pie crust or the pie filling, but fortunately they both turned out deliciously. See the pictures below for a mouth-watering experience. :) We also had fun hanging out with Steve and Kirsten who were down visiting from Idaho as well as meeting 3 mo. old Ezra for the first time.
Thanksgiving weekend was also spent getting out the Christmas decorations. A few years back we received a free pre-lit Christmas tree in good shape minus a couple strings of lights being out. We figured that was good enough and have been enjoying it ever since. Unfortunately, this year when we pulled it out, most of the strands of lights had stopped working. We still really like the tree so we both spent a few hours stripping the branches of these invisible, yet annoying, green clips that held the broken lights to the branches. We bought some more lights and whaaaalla, the tree looks amazing again! :)
Another notable event of the month would be the 2012 Presidential election between Barak Obama and Mitt Romney. Both Jason and I voted as I'm sure many of you did, unfortunately unlike Utah, the swing states could not see that Romney was the clear choice of who should be leading the country. It was disappointing to say the least. Hopefully the spotlight on Mormons has sparked an increase in missionary work, which would definitely be the blessing out of the whole situation.
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| View of Salt Lake from the roof of the Conference Center |
On a more positive note, I will report a random act of kindness someone made in my behalf. A couple weeks ago, a new friend in the ward called me at work and left me a message saying that as she was making dinner, and she thought we would really like this easy recipe so she made some for us as well so we could try it out. Isn't that thoughtful? I want to be more thoughtful like that. It totally made my day and I didn't have to worry about what to eat when I got home from work.
