Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday. We sure did!!! I've decided Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. This is the 2nd year that we've hosted Thanksgiving at our house and I love it. We've had small dinners both years, but it really nice. Last year we ended up with a party afterwards, so this year we planned one. It ended up raining, but we brought the chiminea up to the patio and everyone sat under the patio with drinks and desert.

I think our afterparty is going ot be an annual thing now, too bad we are getting so old. How do I know that we are getting old????

Matt bought an 18 pack of beer to have for Thanksgiving. Our fridge was full of food, so there was no room for beer. We put it in a cooler with ice on Thursday.... On Sunday there was 14 beers still in the cooler, and still too much food to put any in the fridge. To add a little salt to that wound, we even had company this weekend and still couldn't get rid of the beer. Of course, it would be different if I were able to drink them :)

Our company this weekend was Matt's sister Rachel and her husband Max. They flew in on Thanksgiving for their first visit to Arizona, and we had a very fun, very busy weekend. We took a page from Sandy's book and packed as much as we could into a very short time. Friday morning we took off and made our first stop at San Xavier Mission, we then continued to Green Valley and toured the Titan Missle Museum. Our last stop of the day was at Colossal Cave. We even packed our Thanksgiving left-overs and had a truck picnic at Colossal Cave. The weather was perfect and we met a really interesting old man who had so many stories to tell us.

We continued our marathon on Saturday by heading to the Desert Museum. The Desert Museum is a great place that you could spend hours visiting. We were lucky enough to arrive in time for a raptor free flight show. They had a raven, a couple of hawks, and my favorite was the Great Horned Owl. The owl was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen. The birds were all trained and would fly from tree to tree, right over our heads. Matt had to duck once to keep from getting hit. It was pretty cool. After a few hours at the Desert Museum we headed to Sabino Canyon. We took the tram to the top and walked the 4 miles down. It is such a beautiful place, and was nice to be walking outside. We got there so late in the afternoon it was dark by the time we reached the truck. It was a beautiful place to watch the sunset and the city lights come on.

After a busy 2 days, we spent Sunday the way it was meant to be. At the bar watching football, and then at home watching more football. Both of our teams lost, that sucked, but it was a good day.

Rachel and Max left today, and we will miss them. It was great to have them visit us, and see our life down here. Rachel was hoping the little one would arrive while she was here, and even with all our walking, the kid is staying put for now. But, he/she could be here at any time. Who knows... maybe my next post will be a birth annoucement. Watch now that I've said that I will be pregnant till Christmas. Let's hope not!!!