This weekend we had our annual Thanksgiving dinner with friends at Robin, Susan, and Lisa's house. There were about 30 people there and we each pitched in with the cooking. I brought stuffing, it's my Mom's famous recipe but I've never made it without stuffing it in the bird it'self. It was an adventure but it turned out beautifully and people seemed to really like it. All the usual suspects were there, with one exception. Robin went out on a date last week with a guy she met on eharmony and mentioned that she was having this dinner at her house. He asked if he could invite himself and he did, and he showed up...and brought pie (banana cream...my favorite!) His name is Minh Ho and he seems like a nice enough guy but after we all spent the day talking with him Robin discovered that he was Church of Christ (the cult kind, not the normal kind) so it's not going to work out between them afterall, but we all had a great time teasing Robin about bringing a guy that she had only met once to Thanksgiving dinner :-)

Sunday we went to church and then Pei Wei for lunch (my 1st time there...delicious) and then after running errands took Parker on a walk all the way around Balboa Island. He did OK considering the distractions and it was a fun way to sneak in some exercise. We saw some people already decorating their houses for Christmas and it was so inspiring. I can't wait to make Christmas at my house!

Since I haven't written in a while I thought I would include a picture of a fun event that my teams did with me. I took them on our annual "Fall Retreat" and we went "Big Hair Bowling."

My teams went all out with their costumes and fun was had by all. I played on both teams to even things out and I played spectacularly poorly on both teams equally so it worked out. I'm proud of them, they're quality people that I love hanging out with. Good job teams :-)

That's all for now but as holiday events ramp up I'm sure I'll have lots more news and pictures to share :-)