Suzzy Q And Crew: Thanksgiving at the Rices

My Inspiration...For Now

"…Your Heavenly Father loves you—each of you. That love never changes. It is not influenced by your appearance, by your possessions, or by the amount of money you have in your bank account. It is not changed by your talents and abilities. It is simply there. It is there for you when you are sad or happy, discouraged or hopeful. God’s love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve love. It is simply always there."

-Thomas S. Monson

“The sweetest experience I know in life is to feel a prompting and act upon it, and later find out that it was the fulfillment of someone’s prayer or someone’s need. And I always want the Lord to know that if He needs an errand run, Tom Monson will run that errand for Him.”

~Thomas S. Monson.

"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."

-Thomas S. Monson

“Noah waited 120 years before the predicted rains arrived. Abraham waited 25 years for a promised son. Joseph waited 14 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Job waited perhaps a lifetime, 60 to 70 years, for God’s justice.”

“God prepares leaders in a slow cooker, not in a microwave oven. More important than the awaited goal is the work God does in us while we wait. Waiting deepens and matures us, levels our perspective, and broadens our understanding. Tests of time determine whether we can endure seasons of seemingly unfruitful preparations, and indicate whether we can recognize and seize the opportunities that come our way.”

John C. Maxwell

"When you marry someone, you are entrusted with the heart of another human being. Whatever else your life's great mission will entail, loving and defending this heart next to you is part of your great quest."

John Eldredge

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Leonardo da Vinci

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
~Aristotle

" Life is a series of problems. Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort, God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

Pastor Rick Warren
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou

My Favorites

Being in Dee's arms

Adam's love for his country. The United States is in good hands with adults like him.

Grace love for people and her beautiful voice and viola playing.

Josh's patience and love for his brothers and his great athletic skills

Sam's red hair, happy smile, and love for all things Pokemon.

Kaylee's work ethic. She never stops trying and is a very good reader, artist and cook!

Wade's laugh when he puts Grammy on the phone in the back of a dump truck and runs all over the house!

Kelsie's dedication toward her family and friends.

Kooper's love of everything Monster Truck.

Charles Tiny Hand On The End of My Finger

Annalee's imagination. I love to listen to dialogues between Barbie dolls.

Ellie's love of play and reading books with Papa. We have so much fun pretending.

Emma's determination to be just like those big sisters of hers. She wants to keep up with everything they do.

Kayty and Her Shoes

Seeing the light from the Phoenix Temple spire as I head out on my jog.

Hiking downhill

Getting Everything on My "To Do" List Complete

An Organized Anything!

Christmas Music

Phoenix Temple Terrestrial and Celestial Rooms

Mike and Allison

Ethan and Cameo

Doran and Amber

Nathan and Jessica

Morgan

A great yard sale

Sees Nuts and Chews

Ghiardelli Dark Chocolate Chips

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving at the Rices

Cam had put on an awesome Halloween party at her house, and was just beat, so we decided Thanksgiving could be here. It was LOTS of work...but everyone seemed to have fun.

Menu and Assignments

Turkey - roasted in pizza oven the night before by Dee and Suzzy.

Turkey - deep fried, courtesy of Ethan...it was so moist!!

Mashed potatoes - Suzzy I used mom's potato ricer and they came out so well. Gonna make them that way from now on!

Gravy - Suzzy It was okay, nothing spectacular

Sweet Potatoes - Suzzy Came out ok

Stuffing/Dressing - Nano's, of course, and it was great, as usual

Stovetop Stuffing - Suzzy ( It cooked up great, since I had never made it. However, right before we ate, when I went to warm it, the microwave oven started pouring out smoke, sending people running. Transformer blew in a 1.5 year old oven!)

Rolls - Dorrie, with right wrist in a cast, so Costco helped

Macaroni and Cheese - Cameo Nate's last Thanksgiving in the United States...what a great sendoff!

Green Beans with Almonds - Nano

Cauliflower and Cheese - Grandma

Cranberry/Marshmallow Salad - Mom...I went to get the quart of whipping cream out for Dee to whip, and my crazy fridge had frozen it solid. Dee went to the grocery store.

Sparkling Apple Juice - Jade...tasted soooo good!

Pumpkin Pie - Nate roasted the pumpkins, froze the filling, and then made two pies. Awesome.

Pumpkin Cheesecake - Doran and Amber...from the plate to the thighs. It was good.