Thanksgiving week with our family & friends 2011

                                          THANKSGIVING 2011

     We started off our Thanksgiving week with our best friends driving from Edwards AFB in California {900 miles} to our little small town of 37 to spend Thanksgiving with us.  We spent the first few days they were here touring around the farm, going to town and lucky us, Jesica took professional photos of Eric and I all over Central Oregon. On Monday we drove over the pass {HWY 26} and stopped at Timberline Lodge where the famous movie "The Shining" was filmed and took some amazing photos and warmed up by there Grand Lodge Fire Place. We then continued on to the Oregon Coast and stayed at my family's river cabin for a few days. We played fun games, ate fresh caught salmon and toured the Tillamook Cheese Factory. The wives thoroughly enjoyed themselves by snuggling up to a good book or two, while the men reminisced with a cold beer around the cozy wood stove. We joined my family in the Valley on Thanksgiving where I cooked all morning with my Grandmother and Mother and then proudly displayed our Thankgiving feast! Thanks to Eric and Josh we deep fried a turkey for the first time ever and it was amazing! yummy yummy. The two boys watched that bird with a close eye, making sure it was just right for the feast.  I did a tiny bit of Black Friday shopping and got a few good deals for Eric and his brother. We headed back to our little small town and said goodbye to our best friends shed a few tears and shared a few more laughs and  and snuggle down into our OWN bed. As much as I hated to leave my family and friends, it sure did feel good to be home.

Counterfeit Farm  Girl,
Samantha

Oh P.S. The fresh Cranberry sauce was yummy*

The Minor Family

Eric & I Timberline Lodge

Eric & Abigale <3

Eric, keeping a VERY close eye on the Bird

Abigale & Jonothan doing Christmas Countdown Chains

Eric & I at my parents House in The Valley