Ryan had to work Thanksgiving day, but luckily we have amazing friends who have become our family out here and Tania and I hit the road to have an amazing Thanksgiving feast with over 30 people from the ward.
These ladies have become some of my greatest friends and are more like family to me!
This was my date to dinner since Ryan couldn't make it.
Planning for some Black Friday Shopping. In Massachusetts they have a law called the "Blue Law" where every store has to be closed on Thanksgiving! Only one convenient store, gas station, and grocery store can be opened in a town for emergencies.
I cooked two Chocolate Creme Pies for Ryan to take to the hospital so they could enjoy some holiday celebrating. Finally reunited at last, Happy Thanksgiving!
On Black Friday, Tania and I went to the Boston Temple and did some exploring downtown Boston.
Had to stop at the famous Mike's Pastry....delicious!
We then visited Paul Revere's home and did a quick little tour
On Ryan's next day off we went to Newport Mansions in Rhode Island. Here is where all the old European multi-millionaire mansions are. For the Holiday season they will decorate a few of the mansions and you can go and tour them. I absolutely loved the mansions!
The Breakers Mansion, owned by the Vanderbilt family
The Marble House, owned by the Vanderbilt Family
(Mrs Vanderbilt designed as her own summer home)
It was a great Thanksgiving season and fun to do some New England exploring!
After Tania left for Utah, Ryan and I went and picked up our first real Christmas tree. We were both really busy through the whole holiday season, that we just did some minimal decoration but we sure loved having a tree in the house.
Happy Holidays from the Finn's in New England!
