Our First Thanksgiving

     So it has been awhile since I have posted so I will give you an update on our fun, little lives.  For Thanksgiving, Ryan  was given 2 weeks off of school due to he finished his first quarter and then it was Thanksgiving.  So we headed home to Idaho the week before and stayed for the whole week and then we flew back and spent the holiday in Arizona because I had to work Thanksgiving week so we can go home for Christmas.

     First of all, Idaho was so much fun.  Ry and I miss Idaho so much.  We really do love being in Arizona but it just isn't the same.  We wanted it to snow so bad in Idaho while we were up there and luckily 2 storms came through right before we had to leave.  It was unfortunate that we missed the huge blizzards that hit home right after we left.  Anyway, while we were up in Idaho we were able to see tons of family and friends that we have missed!  One of the funnest things that we were able to do was go Christmas Tree hunting!!! I love hunting haha! Ryan's sister goes every Christmas season to get a few real trees.  This year we went with them to Knox's Canyon up in Arbon Valley.  We put on all of our snow clothes and had a blast! After we found the trees we decided to do a little bit of sledding.  The snow was like ice on the top layer so we were cruising and then would have to bail off of the sled before you ran into all of the trees!  Unfortunately I forgot my camera but it was so much fun!  We were also lucky enough to be able to baby sit my cute little nephew Gunner for a morning.  It was so fun to see Ryan and Gunner play.  Gunner was a little sick and had a hard time falling asleep but Ryan new exactly what to do.  He would start to play the piano and Gunner would fall right asleep.  He is so awesome!

I don't know where he gets sucking those fingers....it can't be from his Aunt Kali

      After we had a fun week in Idaho, we headed back to Arizona.  I worked every night and we played all day long and had so much fun.  It was so nice to not have Ryan worrying about a test or doing any homework!  On Wednesday before I went to work we went to the grocery store and did all of our Thanksgiving dinner shopping and Christmas candy ingredients shopping.  I didn't have to work on Thanksgiving so I decided that I would make us Thanksgiving dinner!  Of course, I have started to make Ryan become a little more domestic in the house so he cooked all of the dinner with me.  Here are a few pictures of us cooking.

Ryan just had to put on his Anatomy dissecting gloves to clean the turkey.  He said he was "practicing."

Notice I don't need gloves...haha

     After we put the Turkey in the oven, we decided to go on a hike at an area about 2 miles from our apartment called Thunderbird.  We hiked for a good hour or so.  The weather was beautiful probably 60 degrees or so but some may call us crazy but we really missed the snow!

This is on top of Thunderbird with the view of Glendale behind us

    Ryan really likes Lemon Meringue Pie and wanted that instead of pumpkin pie.  So we called up my dad who makes amazing lemon meringue and he told us what to do.  I helped Ryan make his first pie! He really did most of it on his own and it even tasted AMAZING!

Making the Lemon

Putting the Meringue on....

The finished product....he was so proud

     Next, we decided that we had nothing better to do then to join the BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS starting at Walmart at 12 am, walking through the mall from 1 am to 3:30 am, Target at 4 am, and finally our lovely beds at 6 am.  It was one of the most fun times that we have had.  There was so much laughter throughout the morning.  We slept for 5 hours and then started our day again.  We both decided that we will probably never do that again when we have kids, they can just go without haha just kidding it really was a lot of fun.

     I am so thankful for such a wonderful, amazing, fun, and crazy-like-me husband.  Ryan never ever murmurs or complains when I drag him to the kitchen to cook with me or run around and go grocery shopping with me.  He makes me laugh anytime of the day and is so selfless.  I really have been blessed to find the best eternal companion for me who makes me look at the bright side of things daily and helps me be a better person.  Thanks for the best "First Thanksgiving" together Ry.