Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was wonderful as always. I've been going to Myrtle Beach with the Fescoe family since I met Kyle (6 years ago) and it's always so much fun. It's basically the only time of year we get to see a lot of the family that lives out of state. It was unseasonably warm this year which I was slightly disappointed about. I like it to be chilly at Thanksgiving but it was still nice. The food was absolutely amazing and Court made her famous pumpkin cake!! We also did a lot of shopping!! Kyle and I got a super good, awesome, sweeeet deal on my Christmas gift. A new camera. I'm way excited for it to get here!

We have so much to be thankful for. I try hard to not take anything for granted on a daily basis but it's special to have that one day to really reflect on all the many blessings we have. I'm am thankful for so much but I thought hard about the one thing I'm most thankful for this year and I have decided that it's my health. I look around and see so many sick people, even among my friends and family. It breaks my heart to see so many very young patients coming into the hospital with illnesses ranging anywhere from pneumonia to multiple sclerosis to epilepsy to metastatic cancer. This year my sister and I were both diagnosed with a minor abnormality that is totally treatable. At first I was ready to flip out and have a meltdown but then I started thinking about how much worse it could be. I had an immediate attitude adjustment. I'm so thankful everyday that I can get up and go where I want to go and do what I want to do without the crippling effects of a disease or sickness. Thank you Lord!

Feelings

Pondering this thought today. It's so true.

"We’re moving so fast these days that it’s hard to know how we feel about things, important or otherwise. Our feelings get all cross-wise and we end up getting mad about something we don’t even care about and not caring about something we should be mad about." - Beth Moore

It's almost here!

The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun!!!

20 days!

Can't believe it's almost here again! Thanksgiving at Myrtle Beach!! whohooo!!!

And we get to squeeze in a trip to Asheville, NC before then. So excited to get to see our friends and the beautiful fall colors in the mountains and the Biltmore estate!

Until then, it's back to work...

New Recipes

Funny thing about germs.... I work in a hospital and never get sick. I watch a few kids for a few hours and two days later and I'm sick. Kids are germ infested little stinkers, yes they are. So since I was stuck on the couch sick all week, I had a lot of time to think and search the internet. I took the time to search for some new recipes. I love to try new recipes but somehow I seem to always get stuck in the rut of cooking the same things over and over.

Here are a few of the experiments...

NOTE: These are not my pictures, just the closest thing I could find to what my food actually looked like :)

Stuffed shells! Definitely a keeper.



Calzones... this was one of Kyle's favs!



KEY LIME PIE!!! Kyle has been asking me for a while to learn how to make Key Lime pie since it's his favorite dessert. I have been asking around and finally found someone who had a very easy and super yummy recipe. It was delicious!