Giving Thanks

Happy belated Thanksgiving!  With the recent birth of Christina, I have never had so much to be thankful for.  I have thought of that often this month, and hope to stay in the thankful spirit all year round.   There's really no excuse not to.  We've really been blessed in so many ways.

We had a quiet and very nice Thanksgiving.  Ita was here from Tuesday until this afternoon and got to spend lots of quality time with the  grand kids.  Dominic organized an Einstein's date for all of us, and Christina spent many a happy afternoon napping on Ita's lap.   This was the first time in many years that we didn't go to Dallas.   I really missed the rest of the Arazozas and I know Marcos and Ita did to.  We can't wait to see everyone at Christmas.

Here are some pics from the week:

Dominic playing with the book Ita brought him.

He brought this hat home from school. I'm not sure if he's a turkey or an Indian.

Ita with both kids and one cat.

 Marcos did a beautiful job cooking.

Mashed red potatoes with cheddar cheese.

Prime rib roast.  We decided not to do a turkey.

Dressing.

Good ole Pillsbury crescent rolls.

And jellied cranberry sauce.  I made the obligatory Simpsons references when I slid it onto the plate.

Green bean casserole.

Baked apples as a side.  This was added to the menu for Dominic.  He loves these.

Here's an overview.

I made a little sampler for Dominic.  He didn't eat much besides apples.  We had some ham too, which I forgot to photograph.

Christina slept through the whole meal!  She continues to be a sleepy baby.

It really felt like a small crowd when we sat down to eat.

Apple pie. Dominic talked about this all week.

And then he had a bite and didn't like it. He told me today he was too little.  I asked if he would like it when he's older and he said yes.

On another note, something kind of scary happened the first time I tried to upload these photos.  Blogger told me I had reached my 1GB free storage limit and I would have to buy more space.  I used Picasa to export/save compressed versions of all the photos, which uploaded without a problem.  I think they still look perfectly fine, so it's too bad I have not been doing this all along.  I usually upload huge files from my dslr camera.  I'm not sure what this means for the future of my blog!