We kicked off the season by helping put together the Ward Thanksgiving Dinner. It was a success. It was a good opportunity serving everybody food, despite how hungry I was. We decided to have a pie eating contest, the winner's table got to get in line first. I guess some of our predetermined contestants declined, so I got called out of the serving line by Bishop to be a good sport and do it. It would've been nice if I liked pumpkin pie or whipped cream! The competitive side of me went for it and I came in a close 2nd.
(Dave affectionately captions this photo "The Conquistador" and loves my white facial hair)
The next day my family flew in to visit us for the whole week! Our new place is right across the street from a big shopping center with a nice hotel, all within a 5 minute walk. My parents stayed there and my little sisters bunked in our living room (as tradition has it)
Our week was filled with beautiful weather, tennis, racquetball, board games, and shopping to decorate our new apartment. We also showed them our new office, went on a temple date with my parents, played TP dodgeball with some fun familes, decorated the walls of our apartment, took my family to their first horse race, brought them to our amazing race party with our group of friends.
Thank goodness our new place has a much bigger kitchen! Thanksgiving dinner was delicious and it was so nice having my mom there to help with the cooking. We all were in charge of a dish. We have soooo many leftovers to eat now.
My dad was doing his best to contribute. It's so fun having my family in town, oh how I wish they lived closer!
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