we had so much to be thankful for this year! we had our very first feast in l.a. and our families came up! my mom showed me some of her magic cooking and was such a sport in my tiny 1930's kitchen.
colt and his cute corry ladies
cinthie worked it out on guitar hero!
some of mamma's delights!
we tried to learn some of her ways in the kitchen.
my old man doing a fine job with the carving
i did catch eye of a turkey giblet or goiter or bone. i don't know what it was, but it was foul! (and i don't mean in the bird sense.) i don't eat meat anyway and when i saw that, it was done.
other than that, everything was so appetizing! we had so much fun eating on our assortment of chairs in our little living room. we were so grateful that our friends mary and jake spent the holiday with us!
in fact, we ate so much we were sick! the girls decided to do an exercise video after. we were too full to move gracefully, or really at all. but, we laughed so hard we had to have burned some calories!
i never thought i would get to spend new years eve on bourbon street, but grandma joyce makes dreams come true. she took the whole family down to louisiana to cheer on our undefeated utes to a bowl game victory. (don't worry dad, i still love the aggs even though they don't win.) we had so much fun with the family in new orleans. the city has a lot of charm. we cruised the mississippi, went to a few prospect 1 art galleries, saw some great architecture and weird people. we didn't however seen brangelina, unfortunately. i would recommend visiting there to anyone, and if you can't make it there is always new orleans square at disneyland. the beignets are almost as good. thanks again grandma!
grammie celebrating a utah victory with some hard earned beads.
