A Relaxing Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was very nice and relaxing. 

My SIL, Mari, is 39 weeks pregnant and wanted to take some pictures with me.

So we headed up Rock Canyon Park in the morning and her husband, Matt, took a few cute pictures of us.

Next we met Matt and Mari at Mimi's Cafe for a nice Thanksgiving meal.

We didn't have reservations and they said the wait would be 45 min to an hour.

Not bad.

So as we waited we sipped on their complimentary hot cider and ate lots of sweet bread.

Matix just looked at pictures of Mari's dogs on her phone. 

He sure loves Denali and Tundra!

The wait ended up being only a half hour.

Everyone but me got their Thanksgiving meal.

I'm not a huge fan of thanksgiving food. 

So If I'm paying for my food, I want something different...

and this is my Thanksgiving food...Turkey Pest Ciabatta.

It was perfect!

Lunch was great and we were all very thankful for not cooking or cleaning!

After lunch the weather was so nice(sunny and in the 50s) we just had to take advantage of it and take Matix to the park.

It was just what he wanted. 

Matix gets so happy and excited being able to run around outside and go down the slide.

After a nice Thanksgiving nap we headed to Doug's brothers house for a little nacho dinner and some pie.

I'm SO grateful to have so much of Doug's family that lives so close to us.

It makes things better when I get homesick for my family in California and Texas.

 Today was my splurge day until Christmas.

Boy did I splurge.

I may or may not had 3 pieces of chocolate pie.

Yes, I felt sick afterward.

Pie eating Bells

There is so much for me to be grateful for this year.

Where do I even start?

I'm grateful for Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life and the blessings it brings into my life each day.

I'm grateful for Doug, Matix, and unborn baby bell (we can't decide on a name).

Growing up with all girls, I always knew I would be the one that had the boys

(my sisters both have only girls) and I love it.

I'm grateful for Doug's job. DoTERRA was a great job for Doug for the past 3 years.

He started in the call center and ended in the Operations department.

He made a few great friends working there...and so did I.

Yes, I said "ended". Doug just got a new job and starts on Monday.

I'm grateful for this next stage of life, a new job for Doug and him wanting to do a part-time MBA in the fall.

I'm grateful for my family, the Clark and Bell side.

Even though my sisters live faraway, I still feel connected to them and loved.

Thank you modern technology!

I am grateful for my friends, near and far. 

There is so much more I'm grateful for at this time of year and I don't have time to write them all down.