Thanksgiving 2018

It was a quiet perfect Thanksgiving Day in our household. We woke early and began prepping the turkey to go in the oven for roasting. The day started out crisp with the sun shining through and than quickly shifted to thick fog. It was cozy and perfect for cooking.

Every year we make the same turkey. Herb Roasted Turkey. Comes out so tasty! Recipe HERE

Now that Noah's a little older, he's become a great help around the kitchen! I sent David to pick up some last minute ingredients at the store and he took Levi and Ben so I took advantage of alone time with Noah and had him help me make a couple dishes for sides. He did great!

 Making the cranberry sauce is so easy and fun. He really enjoyed seeing the cranberries burst in the heat. Recipe for the Cranberry sauce HERE

 All the finished sides! Looks so yummy! And it was!

And David cutting the Turkey!

Here's David's plate. A plate meant for a King! Look at that turkey leg! ha!

My Brother stopped by to say hi (aka eat some of our delish thanksgiving food!) and it was awesome having him and his girlfriend there. I know the picture says something else, he kept messing around while I tried to take a picture ;)

 My Dad arrived later that afternoon and ate and brought toys and books for the boys! They were so happy to have him visit! He stayed with us for a couple of nights and man was it a good time!

That was our Thanksgiving! It was just perfect! Started out with a beautiful sunrise and it ended with a full house and a wonderful sunset. =) 

Christmas 2017

The View from our driveway. That's David walking down and holding Benjamin

We moved into our new rental on November 17, 2017! It's a neat little farm house on an avocado ranch built in the 1940's. We have a neighboring house just feet from us and then the landlords live on the property as well. They are the sweetest of people! There's even a basketball court that they allow our boys to play in.
We got all our belongings from our storage unit and moved in. Took me about 3 and a half weeks to unpack all of the boxes. I finished putting the last of the boxes away when we got news of the Thomas Fire.

December 4 the Thomas fire began. We were evacuated 2 times during the fire. It was pretty ironic really, I finished unpacking and then we had to pack our car with our most important belongings, mainly documents , clothes and pictures. Both times we stayed with David's mom. It was one of the craziest things to experience . Thank God and the amazing team of fire fighters, nothing happened to our place but man did it get close. Too close for comfort anyway. Luckily it all blew over just a week and a half before Christmas. Decorations weren't much for obvious reasons but we did have a great Christmas .

Justin is our neighbor ( in the ninja turtle cape) he's just a year and a half older than Noah.

My mom in law and dad in law came the day before to celebrate =)

My dad and Jamie came for christmas eve and stayed the night

joking around while my sister snaps some very candid photos hahaha

went to visit my mom in her new little apartment . Very cute!

It was a great Christmas! I'd say the best so far! Seeing the smiles on the boys' faces was just the best present I could have.