this corn is an angel

today was an awesome day. i got up, did some reading, went to church, and had a pre-thanksgiving dinner at my aunt's house with my roommates and my lovely friend brooke. today's list is composed of things surrounding this dinner, and a few other things.

1. my aunt maryn
she is so great. like i said before, she made us a full-on thanksgiving dinner today! i'm talking turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes with those crunchy marshmallows on top, creamed corn...it was the real deal. she was so wonderful to do that for us! she also has the coolest house ever.

this is winchester. he lives at my aunt's house.

2. movie quotes
so it turned out that we didn't have any milk for the mashed potatoes, so instead, we used whipped cream. during dinner, jalyn said, "these potatoes are like eating clouds," to which i responded, "this corn is an angel." (dan in real life, anyone?) anyway, movie quotes. they're awesome.

oh baby. look at all that food.

3. jalyn quotes
today baby j (jalyn will either be referred to by her name or by her nickname from here on out) turned to me and said, "steph says that i relate everything to babies. i guess that's because i do." and do you know what? truer words have never been spoken.

4. see's candies
i'm a big fan of mrs. see. i routinely celebrate the fact that she opened up see's candies. i also think that my family should get discounts because we are such loyal customers. anyway. today we all got a chocolate turkey at our seat and a little chocolate truffle with a candy turkey on top. i'm grateful that my grandma coco decided that see's candies needed to be a family staple. it's a dang good one, too.

our precious chocolate turkeys. (side note: why is it turkEYS and not turkIES?)

5. left overs
we got sent home with 4 grocery bags full of left overs. i'm not talking like little left overs. i'm talking half a turkey left overs. i know what i'm having for dinner tomorrow.

6. future oportunities
on a slightly different note, i'm grateful for future opportunities. today in relief society, we were watching a mormon messages video on thanksgiving, where random people were interviewed on the streets of new york about what they were thankful for. one guy said something that really intrigued me. it was something to the effect of, "i'm grateful for future opportunities. there is always positive in the future." it's so true! so to the dude in that video, thanks for sharing something that made me think. i totally agree with you.



as a final note, i just want to share a quote from dieter f. uchtdorf, a general authority of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. he said, 

"the happiest people are those who, thread by daily thread, weave a tapestry of gratitude and wonder."

i was so excited when my mom sent me this quote! this is exactly the goal of my blog: to help me realize all the things that make me happy and that i am grateful for. i couldn't have said it any better myself :)