Ryan and I had our first Thanksgiving together yesterday and I loved it! He came over early so we could go for a run before heading out for the festivities. We had SUCH a gorgeous day - apparently our last one for a while - so we drank it up. I called our run the "Shaffer Shuffle" (for him - because that's how slow he had to go to let me keep up with him) and the "Wedding Dress Waddle" for me.
Then we made stuffing. Dressing. Whatever. He helped!! I love cooking with this guy. (And I screwed up the stuffing. SERIOUSLY Bekah? Who screws up stuffing???)
One dozen gorgeous roses from Ryan. First dozen roses I've ever gotten from a boy!! I loved them SO much.
And we're off to our first Thanksgiving dinner. It was at my parents' house.
We took a little gift to my mother. She HATES Victoria's Secret. HATES it. Thinks everything in there is a little too...ummm....scandalous. So whenever I have the resources, I give her a gift in a Victoria's Secret bag. After two showers in one day, you can imagine how many little pranks like this I can pull!!
The gift. Ryan works at a place called "West Campus," but Mom has always argued with me that it should really be "north" instead of "west." So to prove to her that he wasn't making that up, he got her one of the shirts that said West Campus.
She still argued.
We had a blast with my family. And we got to show them our engagement video. That was fun. Mom wanted to be sure we watched it through the part where I talked about him helping to clean out the refrigerator. I think she wanted Dad to hear that part.
Mom's candy is made. Let the holidays begin!!!!
After we left my parents' house, we went to Ryan's grandma's house, where I got to meet more family. (I dialed down the Bekahrazzi there.) And on the way home, we stopped to see his mom! A very full and fun day which may or may not have left me....
....HUNGRY.
So guess where I went at 11 p.m.????
Thoughts on the long drive thru wait......
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
3 comments:
Like the bag thing you do with your mom!
Who screws up the dressing/stuffing? I did yesterday! It was my first time making it w/o a box as a starter. I cubed bread the night before and let them sit out. But I decided to let them get even drier, so I put them in the oven just long enough for some of them to burn! I picked out the bad pieces and replaced them with cubed up dinner rolls I had lying around!
Mark - LOL she doesn't always love it!
Tracy - I'm SO glad you messed it up too - all in love, of course. Makes me feel SO much better!!! Sounds like we had opposite problesm. Mine wasn't dry enough to suit my tastes!!
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