This year's Thanksgiving Day was pretty extraordinary. Kyle and I were able to spend time with both of our families, in two countries!
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| Sewing Kyle's apron first thing in the morning, Thanksgiving 2012. |
I woke up a bit early this morning to create an apron for Kyle. We are competing in a cooking competition with his siblings (and brother-in-law) this weekend. While we know we will lose (Bre and Jaleh have the upper-hand on us in this area) we decided we would lose in style. Jaleh bought me this super cute apron for my birthday this year, so we thought it would be cool for Kyle to have a matching apron. We don't mean 'same' matching; we mean a coordinated pair - like how a husband matches his shirt and tie to his wife's dress at a festive event. I was going to take pictures for a tutorial but I hadn't used the camera in so long that I forgot how to adjust the white balance and gave up on the camera before I even started (Kyle was asleep).
This project wasn't supposed to take me too long. I had planned out the pattern myself and it was pretty simple. However, there were certain measurements I forgot to take the night before so I needed my man to serve as a mannequin. Only problem: he slept in til almost 11am. I did wake him up a couple of times, but I felt really bad and I needed him for minor adjustments along the way so I waited to do half of the work after he got up.
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| Mom printed out the recipe for The Superettes Cranberry Pomegranate Sauce. The Superettes = my sisters-in-law, Bre & Jaleh. |
The other part of my morning was spent making rolls with my sister for the Thanksgiving potluck we were attending this afternoon with my parents & Kyle. Our local Baha'i community has an annual potluck Thanksgiving dinner that my family has attended many times. If we weren't making the trip to the Buffalo area to have Thanksgiving with our cousins, we were spending it with our wonderful community. Back to the rolls: we don't know if it was bad yeast or if the recipe is just a bad recipe (I'll have to test it out again sometime) but the dough never rose and the rolls were gross. Amber ended up running to the store to replace our failed attempt at delicious, buttery rolls.
I pounded out a majority of Kyle's apron before we left (my parents and Amber left ahead of us since I was so far behind) and just have one detail to attach by hand before the big competition. My goal is to complete that in the morning before Kyle wakes up (since I generally wake up before him) but we'll see how that goes since I'm exhausted.
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| Potluck Thanksgiving |
The potluck was delicious and it was nice to spend time with family and friends. At 3pm we got back on the road to drop my car off at home and head to Kyle's mom's house where his siblings were waiting for us. On our way home, Kyle called me and said he wanted to show me some of his filters that are about to ship out. This made me really happy because I love when he takes pride in his work - I'm so proud of him and he should be, too!
After our pit stop at work, we made the plan for me to drop my sewing stuff off at home, he would get gas and an energy drink, and we would meet back at home. We ended up getting on the road by 4:20 and our drive was relatively uneventful. We spent a good chunk of time listening to NPR and RadioLab podcasts, and then I randomly had the urge to practice/learn French. Our niece and nephew are fluent because their dad is Swiss, and it's something I feel very left out of because all of Kyle's siblings have taken French. Kyle was helpful and got a kick out of my pronunciation. I took Spanish in high school and a couple classes in college, and the pronunciation is quite different.
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| The Ambassador Bridge into Canada off in the distance. |
When we finally arrived at his mom's house I was rejuvenated yet again. It is so nice to be around loving people! We were showered with love with family in Ohio and it kept flowing in Canada. It was so great to see the kiddos again even though our time was limited since we got in late and they have a bedtime. The 'adults' played a game of Anomia which was really fun! Bre bought it specifically for this break so I hope we get some more use out of it. Our evening rounded out with a memorial service for their car which Leo drove out to California this summer. Since he is moving back to the East Coat and Sylvia was on her last spark, they are letting her RIP in sunny California.
I'm looking forward to more quality time with the fam! Oh, and sporting our awesome aprons. We may lose, but we will go down with class.
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| Happy Thanksgiving from The Darlings! |
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