Tag Archive: Thanksgiving

Chocolate Pecan Pie day

Our flight landed at 6 pm, so we got home just in time for a quickie dinner before the kids totally lost their ish.  No photos, but it was random as all get out, because there was next to nada left in the fridge. I definitely had chocolate for dessert though.  Vacation Elise has two servings rather than one…and since I woke up in San Diego that morning it counts. The randomness continued the next day with this soup.  I found this leftover short rib gravy (?) and added it to the instant pot with… Read more >

Aside from the potatoes…

It was a great Thanksgiving!!! WEEEE!!  All the things I’m most thankful for are in the picture above.  This time of year is very reflective for me (and probably most everyone feels the same) and I just want to pinch myself when I look around at my life. We didn’t go over to my parents’ house until later in the morning, so I worked out and ate breakfast in Davis.  Gotta start the day off right with some Nourish bread and almond butter…get ready stomach!?  You have no idea what’s coming your way… To my… Read more >

Giving and the ballet and haircuts

Thanksgiving weekend was packed so I’m only finally getting my pics uploaded. P had a dentist appointment to kick off the week and hooray for healthy teeth!  I got some grief from the dentist for asking a bunch of questions about the flavored toothpaste they offered (birthday cake!?!) so they agreed to just use plain old paste.  I get that they want to make the visit painless fun for kids, but he doesn’t know any better so just give him the one that doesn’t have recaldent and save me a headache dealing with a dairy reaction… Read more >

Weekend of thanks 2012

I know Thanksgiving was ages ago, but I’m only just getting around to uploading photos and such because my week/end was SO packed I couldn’t be bothered to worry about blogging in a timely manner.    Shorts and a tank top in late November…must be Southern California… For the first time in as long as I can remember ever (!!) I got the holiday – PLUS it’s surrounding days – off of work.  Kyle and I took full advantage, and drove down to his parents’ house in San Clemente on Wednesday afternoon, to stay through… Read more >