Californian Thanksgiving x 3

One day, while browsing through some Thanksgiving crafts, Raquel got an idea.  Her idea required crayons.  It started out great...

 

...but quickly turned to this...

...which then evolved into this (note who is and who is NOT using the crayons).  What was this craft, you may ask?  Keep reading and you'll find out!

But first, on to our Thanksgiving!  This was our 3rd Thanksgiving here in California.  Last year, we got together with some fellow Utah-transplants and had a Thanksgiving feast.  We decided to go ahead with that same plan this year and have a Moreno-Mohlman-McGary feast! 

 

We were in charge of the turkey this year, which meant basting every 15 minutes for a couple hours.  Thankfully, we only had a few other dishes to worry about since the other families were doing the rest, so it wasn't too bad.  Luis played some football in the morning this year which I actually supported (I know right?  Usually I'm too clingy-especially on holidays.)  After that, it was parade time, which I LOVED!  Then it was the dog show, which Luis LOVED!  (Snooze.)  Although this year, I admit that I did get into the action and soon found myself taking a few trots around the apartment with my little puppy.  

During another moment of non-basting, Raquel insisted that we look through the Black Friday (aka Black Thanksgiving) ads so she could point out a few toys with which she might be amused.

 

387 bastes later, we were carving our turkey with the best of them with the use of our NEW (okay, slightly pre-owned) electric knives... thanks Medicos!

And then, our feast commenced.

 

 

Remember the craft I mentioned at the beginning of my post?  (If not, then your memory is slightly worse than mine.)  Well, it's time for the big reveal...

 

Ta-da!  Luis got his very own turkey hat with Raquel-hand feathers!

I think he loved it.  Can you say, "Thanksgiving tradition?"  (he he he)

 

We have so much to be Thankful for this year.  Obviously, having Raquel with us all year long has made this year the best yet!  We are also grateful for amazing friends that help fill the void of not having family close to us.  They take care of us and we love them so much.  It's humbling to realize we would never have met these (and many other) wonderful friends if it had not been for the gospel.  We're especially grateful to have the truths of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in our lives.  It is true and we know it!  We love our dear, loving, brother and Savior, Jesus Christ.  The more we realize how hard it is sometimes to be good, the more we come to admire His perfect life.  We're grateful for our knowledge of our Heavenly Father.  Life would sure be different if we didn't know we had such a loving Father.  Goodness, our list (like yours) could go on and on about all we are thankful for this year.  We are very blessed.