Family Pictures

While we were back home for Thanksgiving my family had our pictures taken by Emily Davidson Photography. It was cold and a little windy but we braved the weather and got some nice shots of the entire family. We got the photos back so quick and are ready to be developed soon to hang on my wall. Here are a few of my family!

My Kitchen Monday: Side Dish--Roasted Grapes and Parsnips

     My husband and I got back from visiting my side of the family for Thanksgiving (and immediate family Christmas gift exchange) late last night. We were there for a week and got to spend lots of quality time with my family. Time back home always reminds me how thankful I am that God gave me such a loving family. We came back with full bellies and good memories. We not only ate a lot and shopped on Black Friday but also got family pictures taken! We already got the pictures back from the photographer and they turned out so nice! They will soon be ready to be hung on the wall :)
     Now it's back to the real world...but I've been getting excited for Christmas now that Thanksgiving is over and it is December. On the way home I was thinking about how I was going to decorate our apartment. I got the rest of my Nativity from my parents for Christmas so I think that is what sparked my excitement to get my house ready for Christmas. I want it to be festive since this is the first time we will be home for Christmas since the year we moved to California 3 years ago. It will be a little lonely without a full table full of family but I am excited to finally set up a tree again and make a Christmas dinner for my husband and I. Once I get things in order and festive I will try to post some pictures of our house! I have a few days work tho before I can get things all in order since I have some unpacking, laundry and meal preparation to do.
     Today was the first year I bought a cyber Monday deal. I was looking into buying a subscription to "The Fresh 20" or "eMeals" for meal planning and grocery shopping. By chance I thought I would look into "The Fresh 20" and buying just a 3 month subscription today. To my surprise Fresh 20 was having a 50% off deal today for a year subscription. It is usually $54 for one year but I bought it for $27 (3 month subscription regular price still, $18)! So, now it will take a little less effort to plan dinners and hopefully will have leftovers for lunches. I also hope that it will create healthy meals and no waste. It will also get me out of my comfort zone because some of the recipes calls for items I am not used to eating, but am willing to try. For example, today the side is "roasted grapes and parsnips." I have never had parsnips before...or grapes that have been roasted for that matter. It will be interesting to try. The recipe calls for onion, garlic, parsnips, grapes, chicken broth and bit of maple syrup. All items on the fresh 20 recipes are supposed to be fresh and not processed or have preservatives which is how we like to eat anyways. Hopefully this will be a really good side dish! It's good to try new things...I think parsnips are like carrots???

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! Eat lots of turkey, mashed potatoes, and pie! Hope you all enjoy spending sweet time with your families and to take this time to remember all that God has provided us this year and all that we need to give thanks to God for. May He bless you in the next few weeks as we prepare to remember Christ our Savior's birth.

Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I missed having my family around the dinner table this year but it was nice to have some quality time with my hubby! I made a fresh apple pie this year which was a score with my husband it was gone the next day!!! Even though it took double the time because something is not right with my oven it turned out so yummy and to make your mouths water here is a picture :)

We caught you! HAHA!!!

Here is a dad holding his little girl to help her go the bathroom at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco on Thanksgiving day. Antonio spotted them while we were walking past them to look at the boats coming in. We both just started to laugh and Antonio just had to take a picture. I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go!

Tour of San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day

This is the Historical Wells Fargo Building

Today was a sad day since we were not able to spend Thanksgiving with family but we had a great time together in San Francisco. We decided to take a tour of the city on a double decker bus to tour the city. It was really nice because we did not have to drive just to get lost and we did not have to find parking. Here are some pictures of what we saw today!

Here is a picture of a beautiful Cathedral, the cable cars and a very steep sidewalk!

Alcatraz

Here is Antonio and I on our bus tour!!!

Cute little Go-Cars to tour the city

City Hall

Statue in Union Square

Golden Gate Bridge

 

We went to Boudin Bakery for a warm drink and a lemon poppyseed muffin! It was very good and neat to see them baking bread.

Historical Boudin Bakery

Transferring of Breads!

Here is some styles of bread

We stopped at Fisherman's Warf and looked at some of the boats coming in and was almost attacked by some pelicans haha!This is one of the boats!

CRAB

It's 50 degrees and we were cold!!!

Hold on your credit cards it's Union Square home of MACYs, Tiffany's, Bloomingdales,etc.