Seriously- where did the 11th month of this calendar year go? I actually had to check my appointment calendar at work to figure out what we did this last month. And now that I’m thinking about it, October came and went pretty quickly too.
October for the most part was spent at home with Brad studying every waking hour for his Professional Engineers License Test. Halloween was also a complete bust for us this year with Brad’s test falling on that holiday weekend and me having a work project of my own that kept me in the office the entire weekend. So we were the lame neighbors that left an unattended bowl of candy outside for all the teenage hoodlums to take advantage of.
November continued to be busy for the both of us work-wise, but we managed to have some fun as well. One weekend was spent traveling back and forth to San Clemente for dinners on both Saturday and Sunday night. One dinner with our friends Alex & Steve and a second with Chris & Cara, who will be heading to New Zealand this week. (We're extremely jealous of them, but were more than excited to share our tips and stories about the country down under with them)
As Thanksgiving approached, I was thankful for the fact that we were not hosting dinner this year and was more than happy to be in charge of a single appetizer dish instead. So, in keeping with last year's tradition of a Thanksgiving trial run, we did another trial and error approach with our appetizer this year. It was more of a taste test with 3 slightly varying artichoke dip recipes, but I still worried that Brad and I wouldn’t be interested in having any on Thanksgiving Day if I made too much – so I kept the tasting portions small. Although, there was a clear favorite, we happily ate all 3 dishes.
October for the most part was spent at home with Brad studying every waking hour for his Professional Engineers License Test. Halloween was also a complete bust for us this year with Brad’s test falling on that holiday weekend and me having a work project of my own that kept me in the office the entire weekend. So we were the lame neighbors that left an unattended bowl of candy outside for all the teenage hoodlums to take advantage of.
November continued to be busy for the both of us work-wise, but we managed to have some fun as well. One weekend was spent traveling back and forth to San Clemente for dinners on both Saturday and Sunday night. One dinner with our friends Alex & Steve and a second with Chris & Cara, who will be heading to New Zealand this week. (We're extremely jealous of them, but were more than excited to share our tips and stories about the country down under with them)
As Thanksgiving approached, I was thankful for the fact that we were not hosting dinner this year and was more than happy to be in charge of a single appetizer dish instead. So, in keeping with last year's tradition of a Thanksgiving trial run, we did another trial and error approach with our appetizer this year. It was more of a taste test with 3 slightly varying artichoke dip recipes, but I still worried that Brad and I wouldn’t be interested in having any on Thanksgiving Day if I made too much – so I kept the tasting portions small. Although, there was a clear favorite, we happily ate all 3 dishes.
The entire Thanksgiving weekend was productive and fun- starting with brunch on Thursday with Brad’s mom and dinner at my parents that same night.
{Thanksgiving Dinner Table} 
On Friday we finally saw Harry Potter with Megan & Joe. Saturday Brad and I bought a death trap extension ladder to put up Christmas lights (more to come on that) and Sunday Meg and I took a decorating class at Pottery Barn. Like I said, productive, but fun weekend.
Brad and I also kept busy this past month working on a secret (Santa) project- so pictures to come on that. (Yes, I actually took pictures of it.)
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!
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