thanksgiving 2012

....our first thanksgiving married....

we loved being able to come home for a few days. it made thanksgiving 

even more special to be living away and come back for it! we're thankful 

for a holiday filled with safe traveling, the best food, good movies, 

our favorite people, some bowling, hikes in the mountains, an outing to 

the homestead, seeing the christmas lights downtown, hanging out with 

friends, pretty warm weather {utah didn't want to give us too harsh of a 

comparison with california}, and fun memories. below are some pictures. 

hope everyone had a great one!

first things first, some good runs in millcreek canyon..

one of the things i miss most about home!

we fit in some bowling and the U basketball game on wednesday night with my family, including our little niece maddie & nephew tagg..they are too cute to handle!!!

the utes even won for us! after the u game we went to see 

lincoln and it was amazing..i cried in it! go see it!

 

thanksgiving morning we woke up to my mom's homemade 

sweet rolls & avocado eggs benedict...who makes this kind of

breakfast on a day when they have to cook so much for dinner?

we weren't complaining! plus, my dad made us the best green

smoothie of our lives. still craving one now!!

after breakfast the boys went to play in the turkey bowl 

while we hiked in the canyon and watched the parade. 

i got to cook with this darling mom of mine ..she is a pro.

 

her homemade stuffing was unreal. 

straight out of williams-sonoma.

 

we had the best dinner complete with my mom's classic gratitude quotes hidden under our plates. thanksgiving is the best because it's such a simple holiday where the main focus is gratitude, loved ones, and good food. what could be better than that? mindy bought tagg some turkey baby food for his first 

thanksgiving..so even he was included in the feast! 

my assignment was the pie..linny taught me how to 

make banana cream, and it was amazing!

her pumpkin was so good too. 

we loved having paris at our thanksgiving dinner

on friday my cute mom took all the girls for pedicures..much needed girl time!

later we watched the utah football game, had turkey cranberry sandwiches 
from thanksgiving leftovers, and saw the new james bond movie that night...
and we may or may not have snuck in some cafe rio at 10pm because we 
had been missing it so much!

 

these two have the best grandma!

saturday we went with chase's family on a fun sleigh ride {minus the snow} 

up at the homestead. it got us in the christmas spirit since there was a 

santa hut with little elves..we ate dinner at maxwell's in park city 

after and it was so good. glad we discovered a new favorite place at home! 

utah sure was pretty for our visit home..tempting us to come back to it someday!

we got our fill of cafe rio, family, the temple square lights, mountains, our friends, and just the feeling of being home. we're happy to be back in CA, 

but we will always love coming back to SLC...our home!

 

XOXO