magic eyes

My parents brought us these neat glasses that make shapes appear in the lights... very fun!

my brother "rocks"

My oldest brother rocks and rock climbs! Above are pictures by his friend Wade David, he is an amazing professional photographer!

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decorating

Thomas and his love for all things Christmas (food, decor, etc) could not be held back any longer. Our apartment is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Below is the new creche we bought this year. We've started a little tradition of getting one every year. This years is made out of a gourd and the figures are made from banana leaves.

We also tested out the self timer on the camera. Worked pretty well for a shot of the two of us by our tree. (In the background is a picture of Hastings College at Christmas time with the giant Christmas tree that TK helped make happen and proposed to me in front of.)

Thomas is out decorating our porch right now. Our complex has a contest for the best decorated porch and we all know TK is always up for some Christmas decorating.

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Thanksgiving-we feasted

This Thanksgiving my parents were in town...

our half carved turkey

sides

Father carving the turkey

Thomas making mash potatoes from here (a new and delicious recipe)

pecan pie

cherry pie

the pre-feast snacks

salted pork covered turkey

tk prepping the turkey

cutting salted port

We went to Como Park on Thanksgiving to get some warmth and exercise

uploaded camera

A couple weekends ago our friends Adrian and Emilie came over to play Settlers...

I made apple pie and Thomas made cinnamon ice cream.
Yesterday we brewed beer...
Calling to check in on instructions...

The brew team
cutting open the hops
oatmeal stout

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That went well

Last weekend I attempted a new system and it worked pretty well. I cooked all of our weeknight meals on Saturday. Usually when I get home from work cooking seems a bit much but I found that having meals in the freezer worked quite well, we'll have to see if I can get a menu together to attempt again this week. Here are a few of the goodies we had this week:

Banana Bread from this site

Italian Wedding Soup (lentil and sausage)

Turkey Chili

Sour Cream Enchiladas (one of TK's favorites).

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