This past weekend was heavenly. Byron and I were so happy to get out of the city and visit our friends Jen & John and their two adorable daughters Regan & Caleigh in Trail, B.C. And it was all in the name of Thanksgiving! One of my favourite holidays of all. Blair & Lauren also joined us along with our friend Lucky. They arrived a day before us so they were nice and settled in once we arrived.
The drive to Trail was beautiful. Alberta is incredibly gorgeous when the sun is just coming over the horizon. The autumn colours were breathtaking. And of course, British Columbia is breathtaking on its own. So lush and green, I love it!
Alberta Highways
Beautiful Sunrise approaching the Rocky Mountains
A wall of fog greeting us to Trail
When we arrived, delicious quesadillas were being prepared by Blair & Lauren as well as some amazing cheesy nachos. What a wonderful way to be greeted! I also met their friend Spencer and his two sons who would be joining us for the Smoke-Eaters Hockey Game that night. And what a game that was! It was Penticton versus Trail. I was secretly cheering for Penticton because I kind of want to move there someday. The wine! The fruit! Anyways, I went and bought a Smokies baseball hat to prove my support, but apparently it wasn’t enough. Penticton Vees ended up winning and then it was time for Karaoke!
Lucky & Jen cheering the team on!
Karaoke was so much fun, of course I didn’t sing. I need practice before I delve into the karaoke land! But Mr. Honey sang “Teenage Kicks” by the Undertones which was awesome. I will have to post the video on here once I get it uploaded. Such a cute song. love! We were pretty exhausted after the long day of driving so we headed back to the house a bit early and hit the hay.
Thanksgiving! Have I mentioned how much I love Thanksgiving? We all went out for breakfast after drinking copious amounts of coffee and Baileys all morning, but I didn’t end up eating much in order to save myself for the epic meal later this day. And I mean epic. More than four people cooking this yummy meal! So exciting!
I started off by making butternut acorn squash soup. Roasting the squashes, and also the yams and stuffing I made.
Mmm! Nothing better than a hearty soup!
Delicious fresh salad Jen made.
My Mama’s famous stuffing that I made! My favourite thing to make and eat!
the spread!
The pumpkin ice cream pie that John made! Amazing!
A few of the lovelies I hung out with this weekend:
mr. honey of course
miss caleigh! i didnt get a snapshot of her darling older sister, regan! they are so cute!
Blair!
John with his magnificent pie!
Jen!
Crokinole tournament! John and I were runners-up but Blair and Byron won.
The beautiful little house we stayed at all weekend! <3 Thanks Miller Family!!!
On Halloween night after giving out all of the trick-or-treating candy, we drove over to our friend Barb‘s house to pick up some rhubarb from her that she had frozen from the summertime. I couldn’t wait to try out the Sparkling Rhubarb Jelly recipe. First I cooked and strained the rhubarb into jelly bags. Look at the incredible ruby colour!
I rigged the bags to our cabinet handles with kitchen string. You gotta do what you gotta do.
Cooking the jelly down. Still that incredible ruby colour. Added some sugar and it was the most delicious taste ever. Rhubarb!
I poured the rhubarb jelly into the sterilized jars. It is perfect. I can’t wait to try some out on toast and a bit of butter though I am saving the majority of the jars for Barb. Hope she likes it!
