Thanksgiving with Friends

Due to living much farther away from Georgia this Thanksgiving and having plans to fly home for Christmas, Matthew and I stayed in Colorado for this holiday.  We were grateful to have other friends in the Dentac residency who were staying here also.  So we decided to have a Thanksgiving potluck, and it was so great!  We had a great time eating together, listening to Christmas music, and playing the game Quelf.  Everyone was stuffed except for me, who still has the appetite of a seventeen-year-old boy.

Yardwork before company comes over.  Like Matthew's rock arrangement?  What's missing?  Oh yeah, we don't have grass!

Documenting our first real yard work experience since we've gotten married.

Sweet potato souffle, my granny's favorite (and mine!)

Setting the table

Love these Thanksgiving figures from my mom-in-law and pottery vase from Steph.  While out for a morning run (trying to prepare for eating a whole lot, basically), we gathered some dried western plants for the arrangement.

Brie cheese dip with crackers from Jill, homemade collard greens from Shani, turkey, dressing, cranberry and sweet pickles.  Not pictured is the incredible pecan pie cheesecake by Jill.

Something about eating recipes that have been passed down from grandparents and that you remember from childhood... makes me feel like family isn't so far away at least for a night.

Shani's amazing mac n' cheese

Jill's awesome mashed potatoes with gravy

Jill and Shani

Matthew and Rob getting drinks