thanksgiving in reno...

this year for thanksgiving (our first thanksgiving as a married couple)  we ventured up to reno to spend it with chris's family.  we left wednesday after school and lucky for us everyone was traveling from reno to vegas so our side of the road was very clear and we only had to pass maybe 13 cars.  the whole trip, including 3 stops for prego lady, only took 7 hours!! not bad eh?  we stayed with jeff and stevie so the first night we hung out and chatted it up.  thursday morning was spent getting ready for dinner at 4.  i mostly played with my little chunkster friend cadence... she is such a happy little baby and always smiles at me and laughs.  chris and jeff were busy watching 4 different football games... for reasons i wont mention but silly needless to say.  stevie was busy getting the phenomenal turkey ready.  at 2pm susan and the rest of the fleming clan came over and the real party began.  catherine and jeffery and scarlett soon showed up and at 4 we sat down to eat.

 there was soooo much good food!!!!  i made my overly sweet sweet potatoes... just the way i like them!  i also made the rolls my aunt joan always makes... i need a couple hundred more batches of practice before they come out perfect like hers.  stevie cooked the turkey and it was amazing.  i normally dont eat any turkey because its too dry but this was juicy and wonderful.  we also had green bean casserole and mashed potatoes and stuffing... etc.  it was all really good.  after dinner was cleared we played this dice game called farkle which was fun for me since i had the worlds luckiest first game ever!! i ended up winning the game with a 4000 point turn and killed everyone... i was never that lucky again but that game was awesome!

our amazing host family

the next day the twins went and played some golf... i slept in and was lazy around the house it was wonderful. friday night we went out to washoe valley to have prime rib with chris's dad and siblings.  another fun night that included watching "gaither christmas homecoming" which is this baptist singing group that do concerts.  their dad got them hooked on this video when they were growing up... so they sang along to their favorite songs... it was fun!  

saturday we went over to chris's mom's to look (and borrow) baby pictures of chris so i could bring them home and scan them... it was fun to look at chris (and jeff) as a baby!! super cute!  and then we  went to lunch with jeff, stevie, claire and cadence, jeffery, and catherine and scarlett at qdoba.  they have this queso burrito that chris loves! so we ha to eat there while in reno!  

sunday morning we went to a catholic mass with chris's mom.  it was really fun and neat for me to experience that and have a better understanding of what church was like for chris growing up.  then we jumped in to car said good bye and thank you to our hosts for being so awesome and hit the road.  it again only took us 7 hours to get home.  it was a really great holiday and we were glad we could make the trip up there!