our thanksgiving was such a freakin blast. we went down to my aunt's and grandparent's in spanish fork, ut. and along the way we had to make a few stops. we stopped by brett's brother mike and his wife stacy's house in kayesville. we had a good time chattin it up as always and stacy gave us a cute baby blanket and a baby book. it's a little weird starting to collect baby stuff, it's just starting to feel a bit more real.
then i just HAD to stop by and see one of my bestest friends, ailinh. she was one of my first friends in the ward and we worked together at the crappy wal-mart here. she popped out 2 of the cutest baby boys ever and i miss living so close to her! while brett had lunch with a friend, ailinh took me to a thai restaurant. it was suuuuuuuper delish and i had such a wonderful time catching up with her over curry chicken. droool.
birthday buddies, me and porter. we tight.
ailinh wanted to do crafts after lunch so we made these amazingly easy little Christmas trees made of styrofoam and scrapbook paper.
i love ailinh for her creativity and craftiness.
i love ailinh for her creativity and craftiness.
this was mine, pretty sure this is the only Christmas decor i have out in our apt. everything's all packed up and we'll be going to texas for Christmas this year so why put out tons of holiday deco?
mmmm i LOVE this girl, she's my asian sista from anotha mista.
then it was on to spanish fork. i love spending time with my filipino family, where my grandma feeds us constantly (which helps out my filipino food cravings) and where my sweet auntie jinky opens up her home and always makes sure we have what we need. and thanksgiving with filipinos includes the traditional american dressings along with the filipino staples, lumpia and pancit. masarap!
my little cuz tristan, his shirt speaks truth
my boy and i, he's such a good sport when it comes to my family. he's still getting used to my family and the different culture and i think he's doing just fine!
my sis kyla and her hubs travis, my sweet grandparents, and bored tristan.
i'm so happy kyla and travis was able to come up for thanksgiving. kyla and i often didn't get along when we were younger but now we are just best friends. whenever we get together we love making the other hysterically laughing. i like making kyla laugh till she has an asthma attack, that's how much i love her.
brett and travis also got the chance to bond by going out shooting leaving us girls to do our thang, like our nails. which by the way i was able to buy kyla and i O.P.I nail polish at trade secret, 2 for just $4.50!! for real.
anywayzzzzz we made it back to suxburg with horrible road conditions and freezing temperatures. brett has 3ish weeks left of school and we're OUTTA HERE!! we just don't know where yet...
we also find out our little baby's gender in 1 1/2 weeks.
i'm super thankful for my darling and sweet husband who takes the best care of me, a family who's so supportive and loving, friends who are always there for me, a place to sleep, a healthy baby continually growing inside me, food to eat, the gospel in our lives, the temple, and for our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ who loves me SOOOOOOO much.
i truly do love my life, no matter how much you may hear me complain about dumb crap.
Oh girl, I lurve you to to. MAN, all that food for THanksgiving looks so good! I shoulda visited you guys after all ;)
ReplyDeleteHey, I had lumpia the other day, my dad made it. It made me think of you.
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