Thanksgiving 2010

I am going to write a quick blog on our wonderful thanksgiving. My niece Trace Flores brought my mom up to visit and we had such a great time with her. She looked beautiful and we enjoyed her company so much. My brother Larry and his wife Mary came as well. We also invited some friends from the ward. Gil and Debbie Chateuvert, Nyle, Melanie and Tanner Keller, their relatives John and Rose and children and we had Stephen and Heidi with us. Ken cooked the turkey with his signature dressing and gravy. We had lots of delicious food. Heidi made a pecan pie, I made a Berry/nectarine pie and Gil brought apple and pumpkin. We had many side dishes that I thought my mom would enjoy. I made her green jello salad, the broccoli salad, my sister's recipe for the fruit salad and the spinach gratin recipe we got from Wendy (after having enjoyed it at Amy's house last year and being inspired by Sarah's menu for this year). We enjoyed some beautiful music by Heidi and had fun visiting with everyone. It was a very nice day.
I want to mention that I have so many blessings to be thankful for. I love the Lord, my dear husband and my family. I am thankful for good health and a righteous posterity. I am thankful to be able to serve and help people. I am so thankful for good friends who influence my life for good and I am thankful for the talents the Lord has blessed me with. I have been very busy and involved with a production with the youth of our Rocklin CA Stake. We put on Act one of "The Savior of the World". It was a wonderful experience. We had started last spring with auditions for the main cast and started rehearsing the Angel Chorus in September. It took many hours of rehearsing and we had six performances done the week-end before Thanksgiving. I have to say it really helped me feel the Christmas spirit. The beautiful portrayal of the Savior's birth and the music was very tender. I felt the spirit every night and was grateful to be part of such a wonderful production.