turkey time 2

because better late than never, right?

Even though these pictures would tell you otherwise, we actually spent time with lots of family over Thanksgiving and loved it. Impending finals meant that André's break wasn't much of a break, but we did get to spend the real turkey day together and enjoy good food, football, and of course the dog show.

Our pre-Thanksgiving festivities included a chilly trip to the zoo (Rhett liked the sea anemones) and some Greek food. We celebrated an early Christmas when all the Kaiser kids where here and  Rhett couldn't stop staring at his new booties. That boy loves his feet. And I made a pie (from scratch! this is a big deal!) and it wasn't horrible.

We have a lot to be grateful for, and it all revolves around the Savior and the great people in our life.

and for your post-Thanksgiving viewing...we're up all night to get turkey

friday favorites 2.0

let's try this again, shall we?

Things we are loving this week:

Honing our baseball skillz playing catch at the park

Honey Lime Enchiladas, Homemade Applesauce and Peach Raspberry Ice Cream (Happy 11-monthiversarry to us!)

Reading NieNie's book Heaven is Here. I've never gotten into her blog but felt I should read the book to be a good Mormon wife. Half-way through her incredible story and loving her openness about faith and church related things, especially to a non-LDS audience.

With the impending doom of starting church at 2:30 in a few weeks, the heavens opened and we move to 9am on Sunday. Hallelujah!

Wishing we were riding this on its opening weekend

And ok, I'll admit it--with our dinner group out of town, we have eaten dinner almost every night on the couch watching the Olympics swimming trials. You guys, I just love the Olympics. And we have our favorite swimmers and cheer them on, but I mostly get sucked in whenever any version of this commercial comes on:

to make your heart happy...

 three things to brighten your Tuesday...because who doesn't need a little love?

 our new nieces Joanna and Rachel. Cousin BFFs from day one.

and baking with the windows open and Andre coming home with a surprise of delicious grapefruit candy.