Friendsgiving 2015

We celebrated another year of Friendsgiving on Saturday with Jay's college friends and their families. The events where everyone is present are less frequent now that we are older, so we always look forward to seeing everybody in one place. David and Elaine hosted this year at their new house in Grant Park. It was the perfect entertaining space to house about thirty people!

I brought two very easy dishes: green bean casserole and frosted cauliflower, and luckily they seemed to be a hit! In my opinion the feast was the best one to date. I definitely went back for second helpings!

We spent a lot of time in the backyard space. The kids ran around in circles, and the weather was warm enough to catch up with everyone in the sunshine.

We cannot wait for the next opportunity to get everyone together! I love being a part of this special group, and it only continues to grow with new engagements and babies. Friendsgiving 2015 was a complete success!

Tuttle and Maggie assembled their gingerbread house that Bockle brought them when we got home. I was a little nervous with how the decorating would go since they had to share the house, but they were both so sweet to each other and were very proud of the finished product!

We spent all day Sunday decorating the house for Christmas. I think the highlight of the day was Daddy putting the lights on the outside of the house with the help of his two little elves. Maggie and Tuttle would have stayed on the roof all day if we would have let them! It is no surprise that I was a little nervous that we would be headed to the hospital for a broken bone!

We wrapped up our weekend with a traditional Indian meal prepared by the sweetest friends. Jay had coached their son on Tuttle's soccer team this year, and as a thank you, they invited us over for dinner. Jay is completely OBSESSED with Indian food and may have mentioned it once or twice (or ten times) to Kanan and Milan during the season. Everything was so delicious! Thank you for hosting us, Patel Family!

We still have some finishing touches to add to our decor, but our complete exhaustion was worth this scene at the end of the day.