Happy Early Thanksgiving!

This year we did an early Thanksgiving at my parents' home, which I loved, because it's nice to have an amazing meal tonight, recover, and then do it again Thursday! We actually have to do it twice more because Hank has two sets of parents. Today was a great day. The food was awesome, it was wonderful to spend the weekend with my entire family and laugh and smile and have a grand old time.

Here are some photos-

portrait by Hank ;)




my Mom (the is the first Thanksgiving in years that she has been healthy. I am so happy about that)


my Dad! He is also doing really well :).


Lauren and Abe's new dog Rex! They rescued him from the pound and he is about 2 years old...and the biggest sweetie pie.


Simba...the only cat who will ever have a place in my heart. He is the cutest little kitty ever.


Tofurkey!


real turkey!


Nanny <33


Abe!


the lovebirds


sisters




3 generations




Nanny's famous apple pie. It's seriously the BEST.


Hank loves pie!


I love pie!


If you'd like to see more photos I didn't include in this post, feel free to click on any of these pictures to be transported there! :)

today

today was a really good day! it's day two of my cleanse routine and i am feeling good. today i had:

breakfast: steel cut irish oats with blueberries
snack: apple
lunch: fat free organic refried beans (half can) and 5 prunes (sounds yucky but soo good- and no i didn't mix them together! prunes were dessert haha)
snack: apple and blueberries (i need to get more fruit tomorrow)
dinner: egg white omelette with organic mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, and broccoli (AND if you're so inclined i even put a photo on my flickr. nerd!)

it's not a lot of food but i am flushing my system out. i did this before we got married and i felt so good. i always eat very, very well but lately i have been a bit lazy and not eating as many fruits/veggies as i should. my sis and i are doing it together, which is really fun.

so ANYWAY apart from this, everything is going so well. right now hank is downstairs making a big pan of homemade vegan glazed meatloaf. i can't even get over the cuteness of him cooking, it kills me! he cooks so much now, and we cook a lot together. during my little detox i am unable to really enjoy that with him but usually we have a lot of fun. tomorrow night i am planning on making him some christmas cupcakes, i hope they turn out well!

sometimes i step back and i am amazed at how life worked out. how did i get here, how do i deserve this? i always count my blessings and i appreciate it all. life is just so good.

tomorrow is another day closer to winter break. i am really looking forward to spending two weeks in phx, catching up with my friends i don't get to see that often.

alright! time to watch a few episodes of freaks and geeks, and then bed!

goodnight from me and the snail topiary!