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| Shawn and the tasty turkey he made |
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| the spread |
Dinner #2 was actual Thanksgiving day and we traveled to Cape Cod to visit our friends Ellen and John. They live in New York but rented a house in Buzzards Bay for a few days and invited us to join them. We met John and Ellen in Hawaii 2 years ago but it feels like we have known them for years. Ellen took care of most of the cooking and it was the most organized and efficient Thanksgiving meal I have ever been to. Of course the meal was delicious and of course we all ate too much and of course we had a good afternoon nap. I made pies:
It was so good to see John and Ellen again and to spend some time hanging out with them. Ellen in from MA so she knows all the good places to go and eat and shop. So Friday we drove further down the Cape and out to a place called the Knob...which is basically a small knobby looking piece of land that sticks out into the water. It was a little cold, rainy, and windy, but we love seeing the ocean so it was a great little stop.
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| The Knob |
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| Dipping my toes in the ocean |
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| my hot husband |
Our third and final dinner was tonight, at home, just the two of us. One great thing we love about Thanksgiving is the leftover turkey so we decided to cook our own turkey so we could have lots of leftovers. So tonight I cooked a turkey for the first time-it's really not all that hard-and it turned out pretty good. And we got the leftovers we asked for-lots and lots of turkey for sandwiches the next few days.
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| dinner #3 |
We really missed our families this year, but it also helps us appreciate all the times we have been with family for the holidays. Sadly, we will not be with our families for Christmas either, but we are getting to go home next weekend for a visit and we are really excited to see everyone. I don't think we realized how much we would miss everyone.
A few things I'm especially thankful for this year:
my awesome husband
our amazing, supportive families
having all the necessities in life: a place to live, a job, money to pay the bills, food to eat, warm clothes and not taking these things for granted
freedom
friends
technology
Those are just a few of the big ones. I'm trying to focus on all the good things because sometimes I get caught up in the "one day" or "some day" and I forget that I have a lot of good things going for me right now. I'm truly grateful for all the amazing people in my life and the great opportunities that have come my way.
2 comments:
Wow, you had three dinners. We should have had our own dinner as well because the only left overs we had was a huge thing of mashed potatoes. They just aren't quite the same by themselves. I'm glad you had a good thanksgiving.
Your pies looked great. I'm glad there were no fires this time. I can't wait to see you this weekend!
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