Full tummies and a few full days!

I'm going to go day by day.

Wednesday: Rachelle and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner. It turned out super yummy. Thankfully Rachelle did the turkey but I made the mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, gluten free stuffing and the salad. I was really proud of us. Dave's brother George and his kids Emeric and Seneca came down from Idaho and had Thanksgiving dinner with us. It was a blast.

Uncle Jeff and Carter playing video games

Carter with his cousin Seneca

The "ghetto dessert"! This is the chocolate mousse torte we made on Tuesday. It looked and tasted pretty good.

Emeric and the whipped cream.

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Huntington for this Thanksgiving bib!

On Thursday: Dave and Jeff went and played football with a bunch of guys in our ward. Then we said goodbye to George, Seneca and Emeric. In the afternoon we went to my Great Grandpa's nursing home and had Thanksgiving dinner with him and a bunch of my family. It was really nice to visit with everyone and see Grandpa.

That evening we went and hung out with our friends the Pierces who are in town for Thanksgiving. We miss them so much but we are so lucky that they've come out twice since we've lived here. We had dinner with them and their family but it wasn't Thanksgiving dinner, just good ol' Karen Pierce cooking which we desperately miss! After that we went over to Jeff and Rachelle's for the Office which was a rerun. sad.

Carter and his favorite girlfriend Hailey.

Hailey, Aden and Carter Pierce

Hailey and Carter sharing a moment over some apple juice

A very tired boy after leaving Jeff and Chelle's

Friday: We spent most of the day talking to our families with Skype . It was great to see my family and have them see Carter. I was so bummed to be missing Thanksgiving at my Mom's (especially since she used my favorite china and served olive tepanade). This was the first time I haven't been there so it made me a little sad.

I cheered up in the evening because Hailey came and stayed the night after their Thanksgiving dinner. It's been forever since we had a girls night! We put an air mattress in the living room and gave Dave the bedroom all to himself. We had McFlurrys, watched Can't Hardly Wait and stayed up until about 2:30 talking. Luckily Carter slept from 8PM to 9:30AM!!!!! So we got to sleep in. Hooray! When I was feeding Carter today he wouldn't stop smiling at Hailey and talking to her. It was very cute. Sadly she had to leave and the Pierces are going back to Cali. We will miss them.

Since Carter always takes cute pictures in front of the pumpkins we decided we would too. This is for you Karen.

We're Jack o' lanterns!!! We could not stop laughing!

Snuggling on the air mattress.

It was a great couple of days full of food, friends and family! Sadly, life must go on and we can't have Thanksgiving year round.