Thanksgiving

We have been busy having fun our sister Lisa came to visit us, it was awesome!!
 
While she was here we were able to go and see Harry Potter; the Wilsons were generous to watch Maia for us while we went. Fantastic and then through out the week we listened to the second half on CD so we wouldn’t feel jipped since we have to wait another 7 months for the rest of the movie to come out! But we enjoyed it I think they did well at making it close to the book. Then Lisa and I went to ICAA Ladies Night In! We made some super cute mugs, coasters, and frames as well as got a nice foot warmer. Then we went and watched a Palmer Hockey game; The Ruffs came with us and took some sweet photos of the game (refer to Jesse’s facebook to see them). We are proud to announce the team is still undefeated, 8-0!! There are a few more games before Christmas break so far its been fun, except the late late games those make life a little more difficult.
For Thanksgiving I made a Cherry Pie and a Blueberry Pie completely from scratch!
   Yes an Indian Pie, last year it was Pilgrims this year and NDN (so no more crap about me not being fair! ;) )
  The B is for Blueberry however it does look like an R which stands for REALLY Good!!!
I have a new appreciation for store bought pie crusts, although these were not difficult to make they sure were tough to make look nice and keep together as I transferred them from counter to pan. But I’m happy with them. They are way tasty!  Then I made my moms Apple Yam casserole everyone told me that tasted like pie too. Then I did Cranberry sauce, which we still have a TON of, and Jesse and Lisa made some delicious frybread!!  We went to the Ruff-sters for dinner they made everything else and it was sooo delicious!! We were hopping to have time to make it over to hangout with the Wilsons and their party going on for dessert (that's why I did 2 pies) but we had a Skype date and weren’t able to make it. Our Skype adventure was with Julie and Brain and everyone out in Hawaii for the big reveal of what their baby is, and its a boy!! We are soo excited for them, and can not wait to meet the little guy in February!
Black Friday the girls went out and did some shopping while Jesse stayed home and got some studying done. Although we were not up at the wee hours of the morning we were still able to get some awesome deals! I got some fabric for Christmas presents and for a blanket for Julie’s little guy! As well as stuff for The Ward Christmas party, our last activity as a committee (boy are we thankful for that!!), I’m in charge of decorating so I am putting together some little trees for centerpieces. Then we got a killer front row parking spot at the mall ( I know it was sweet) and Maia got to meet Santa! There were no kids in line so we hopped right in!




She was so good! She kept waving at the camera lady because she was shaking toys and things to get her attention. But not a single tear from my baby! The little girl after us made up for Maia’s lack of tears though, poor kid. That night Auntie Lisa watched Maia so Jesse and I could go on a date! It was fun :) We saw The Next 3 Days, and really enjoyed it!
Saturday was the day of the big game! So we hung out and watched it, unfortunately we did not win but we put up our Christmas tree! Not the 2 ft tree we have had the past few years but a new 7ft tree the Ruffs so wonderfully donated to us!!
Here is Maia helping daddy with the tinsel!
She really likes the ornaments (of course, who doesn’t!) and we have only had one casualty so far and it wasn’t baby that broke it. We bought the shatter proof bulbs so we thought they’d be safer and they are so far but don’t play catch with them as they may break with too much pressure :)
Then sadly we had to take Lisa back to the airport so she could go home to Rexburg and we miss her so much! We had such a great time with her here! It’s nice to get to visit with family especially for the Holidays! Now we get to look forward to out trip to Denver for Baby’s first Christmas!!