merry christmas

I'm a day behindwith this post
but oh well...

temple lights

Curtis and Oliver joined

me and the young women
on an outing to see the
Christmas lights at the
Mesa Arizona Temple.
Oliver has loved seeing
all the Christmas lights
this year and the Temple
lights certainly did not
disappoint.

thanksgiving 2011

After some last minute changes,we ended up celebrating
the big turkey day with just
the three of us.
To make it work,
we all had to pull
our own weight in helping out.

Oliver took care of the decorations.
He had some help from his
nursery leader who would send
him home with the cutest
Thanksgiving crafts each Sunday.

I made my first
full Thanksgiving dinner.
I overcooked the turkey
and forgot to set out the rolls
to rise but everything else
was there.

Curtis did the honor
of cutting the turkey.
It was a first for him too.
Luckily, he had Bobby Flay
right by his side
(on the computer)
showing him exactly how to carve it.

While everything was cooking,
Ollie and I watched the
Thanksgiving Day Parade
while Curtis did a puzzle.

It turned out to be
one of my favorite Thanksgivings.
If I had to pick one word to
describe it, I would say,
relaxing.

And it was capped off with the
good news that I didn’t need to
go to work that night!