Anyway, perhaps the following picture explains why....
I need to curb my diet and not eat so many gosh dang sweets!!!! I made 5 batches of sweet breads in preparation for Thanksgiving! Yes, 5!!! That's approximately 15 loaves of chocolately, citrusy, fruity goodness. I gave several away to my visiting teaching group and Tyler's home teaching group, froze some and the rest went to Thanksgiving relish tray arrays.
But I did enjoy the holiday! It was even a little too short! Usually I am anxious to get back home, allow my kids to take their normal naps and be in a quieter place. But I enjoyed my time at my parents and didn't want to leave! Part of it was because Tyler was fully invested in this weekend. In other words, he didn't do a stitch of work or homework! I had him all to myself (and the family, of course!). Plus I was able to be a little lazy. We played a lot of games (and Tyler and I didn't even fight!)
and ate A LOT!!!! of yummy food. My favorite was my cornbread stuffing, Jennie's pomegranate jell-o salad, Marci's rolls, and the most interesting award goes to my dad--we had smoked lamb! Not the most traditional but yummy nonetheless. Plus we had yummy pizza on Friday night w/french bread and Italian seasoned olive oil. THEN my aunt and uncle Draper and their kids (my fun cousins) came over and cooked Persian food! Yum Yum!
Also, what made this weekend special is that we got to spend some more time w/ Jennie and Grant who are moving to Denver in a month....sad...and so we won't get to hang out w/them as often. PLUS, on top of all this, we had constant babysitters. Tyler and I were able to go the temple!!!!, a movie and a bike ride/run all by ourselves! It was so nice! ahhhhh. It was a nice holiday! I love my family! I love my husband :)
Hannah, I have some sad news. Well, sad for me at least. You know that beautiful, delicious bread you brought down for me? My punk husband ate. the. whole. thing. Who in their right mind steals baked goods from a pregnant woman!?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, sounds like your weekend was great. It's always a miracle when Aaron and I had a weekend with one of our families without any arguments.
Hey, and the lack of meal swapping has nothing to do with your food (which has been delicious) and everything to do with my lack of cooking preparedness and Aaron's wacky schedule. (He keeps wanting to eat at 4!) I'm trying to be better about planning meals, so hopefully we can continue the meal sharing goodness!
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ReplyDeleteAll that food sounds so yummy! I love sweet breads, by the way. I did three batches one day, but never five!
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ReplyDeleteI'll bring you down another one...especially if you help me w/my Christmas card :)
We seriously take one for the team bringing these babies here. I weigh less right now then after Emma (which is still 25lbs more than when we were first married) but also don't fit in the post prego jeans from last time. Even with Spanx! Culprit: my ever widening hips. And I know what you mean about the Holidays, great food, and way too cold to go outside and run. :) Good thing flowing shirts are in style.
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