We are thankful for a lot of things this year (as always), but one of the new things we are thankful for is our small group. We met these other three couples and their kids back in February when our church had a small group creation event. It was nerve-racking and scary but we did it and it has been a HUGE blessing to our family. These people are literally some of our best friends in just a few short months. We decided to have our inaugural friendsgiving this year and it was a blast! Seth and I hosted. We put the grown ups (our small group + a neighbor of one of the couples!) inside and the kids in the garage with an indoor/outdoor rug and some heaters. It worked like a charm and we couldn't believe it. The kids were able to be loud, they were warm (actually, it was warmer out there than in our house), and we could eat in peace! :)
We deep fried the turkey (YUM) and while we did so, we had apps and snuggled the babies! After dinner, the kids watched a movie in the basement and we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (of course!!!).
We had turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, baked corn, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and rolls. Oh--and lots of desserts (with many, MANY leftovers).
It was such a blast and we can't wait to make this a yearly tradition with these amazing friends!
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