This weekend was the official kick off to the "Holiday Season" for us. We hosted the Erwin Thanksgiving at our home, and we were very happy to have Uncle Clay & Aunt Marcy come in from Lubbock and Pops came over from Comanche.
The Erwin Boys
Aunt Marcy & Uncle Clay
Pops & Ethan
Clay and I started off Saturday morning with a 3 mile run which was multi-purpose task
1) Clay & I have committed to running a 1/2 Marathon in March and have just recently started training and
2) (most importantly) it lessens the guilty feeling of eating ALL of that yummy food AND DESSERT!!
Our Spread
Speaking of which... Marcy and Zack decided a couple weeks ago to make the dessert options a little more interesting. They challenged each other to a Chocolate pie Throwdown (please reference the Food Network ie Bobby Flay if you are not familiar with a fore mentioned) Each person created their own Chocolate pie with meringue topping and then there would be a taste off. Both parties put forth great effort and there were several lessons learned
1) Meringue doesn't do well in the fridge nor does it travel well.
2) You have to be prepared for shrinkage
3) You want your peaks to stand up and custard needs to be firm and
4) It never hurts to actually follow the recipe.
Do to some technical difficulties the pies were not submitted before the judges but a winner was declared and that winner was.......
Marcy!
The winning pie (before the 289 mile road trip)
Never fear another challenge has already been issued for a Christmas Throwndown (the item is still TBD).
As we sat around the table we participated in one of my favorite Erwin Thanksgiving traditions, where we go around the table and each say what we are thankful for. It really is great to take a moment and actually voice what we so often take for granted and to also hear those things come from the ones you love!! After we all sufficiently stuffed ourselves we participated in another Thanksgiving tradition......
Nap Time!!
It was a great weekend full of countless reminders of our many blessings!!
The Erwin Boys
Aunt Marcy & Uncle Clay
Pops & Ethan
Clay and I started off Saturday morning with a 3 mile run which was multi-purpose task
1) Clay & I have committed to running a 1/2 Marathon in March and have just recently started training and
2) (most importantly) it lessens the guilty feeling of eating ALL of that yummy food AND DESSERT!!
Our Spread
Speaking of which... Marcy and Zack decided a couple weeks ago to make the dessert options a little more interesting. They challenged each other to a Chocolate pie Throwdown (please reference the Food Network ie Bobby Flay if you are not familiar with a fore mentioned) Each person created their own Chocolate pie with meringue topping and then there would be a taste off. Both parties put forth great effort and there were several lessons learned
1) Meringue doesn't do well in the fridge nor does it travel well.
2) You have to be prepared for shrinkage
3) You want your peaks to stand up and custard needs to be firm and
4) It never hurts to actually follow the recipe.
Do to some technical difficulties the pies were not submitted before the judges but a winner was declared and that winner was.......
Marcy!
The winning pie (before the 289 mile road trip)
Never fear another challenge has already been issued for a Christmas Throwndown (the item is still TBD).
As we sat around the table we participated in one of my favorite Erwin Thanksgiving traditions, where we go around the table and each say what we are thankful for. It really is great to take a moment and actually voice what we so often take for granted and to also hear those things come from the ones you love!! After we all sufficiently stuffed ourselves we participated in another Thanksgiving tradition......
Nap Time!!
It was a great weekend full of countless reminders of our many blessings!!
