Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  I hope you have a blessed day filled with fun times and great memories!

I am busy preparing some rolls for our Thanksgiving feast (well...actually for our Thanksgiving dinner, a dinner at our church for families in the area and for our Advent dinner coming up on Sunday).  The ones for Sunday will visit the freezer once they cool.  I don't know if I have mentioned these garlic knots before or not, but if not, you are seriously missing out on some completely wonderful dinner rolls.  Generally I follow the recipe and make eight huge rolls, but for today's sake (needing so many rolls), I used the dough to make 16 rolls each batch.  My second batch is about the come out of the oven, and I have one more to go.  Even dividing the dough up into 16, the rolls are quite large.  I may just do that in the future instead of 8 giant rolls.  Oh, and those of you scared of using yeast, this is super friendly recipe.  I am sure you will be successful if you give it a whirl.

This afternoon we will head to my family's house to celebrate Thanksgiving together.  This is a holiday we rotate families each year.  It makes it far less stressful this way.  I am bringing pumpkin cheesecake (made it for the first time), garlic knots, and some smoked salmon our neighbor brought us bake from his trip to Alaska (a thank you for watching his house for him).  It should be a fun afternoon together.

I am thankful...

I am married to a wonderful man who adores me and loves our children.
We have been blessed with three delightful boys who fill my heart with joy.
We have family that lives nearby.
I have the ability to stay home and raise my children.
We were able to refinance our home because not only will it save us money each month, but it will allow us the option to purchase a larger house for our growing family.
We got in contact with James' and David's older siblings and started a relationship with their families.
And much, much more!