november

November has been good to us. So many wonderful things fill our lives and here are a few:

1. Dave had his first dental school interview! He flew to Mesa, Arizona down mid November where he spent the day flashing his shiny white smile and saying charismatic things to lots of important people. Luckily he was only gone for a day so I was able to cope. After the interviews, the school divides the applicants into two pools, after interview rejections and still potential candidates. We got a letter this last week telling us Dave was in the potential candidate pool!! We're very excited and hope to hear soon what the verdict is. The wait could potentially be until May however.

2. November 23 was my GOLDEN birthday! It felt like a very important birthday :) Dave had to work that morning so he said he'd have something to "occupy me." I had no idea what could keep me entertained for 4 hours. He woke me up that morning with this...

IT WAS AWESOME! No, it's not ours to keep. It's actually our friends little dog, Jake. Since we can't actually get one of our own (yet), we had a dog for a day! He was the funniest, cutest little thing who loves to play fetch, chase his tail and chase a laser pointer. He is seriously the most dog-like dog ever. Miriam and Nathan got in to town later that day and we all went to dinner that night. Dave makes me a fancy and delicious cake every year (he came up with that idea himself) and this year it looked like this:

It's a pumpkin, caramel and cream cheese cake. YUM.

3. Miriam and Nathan (my little brother and sister) came for Thanksgiving! We are so lucky to have family close enough to visit us for a few days. We had a delicious feast of turkey, potatoes, stuffing, green beans, fruit salad, deviled eggs, pumpkin & apple pie, and coconut cream pie.

We went Black Friday shopping, had a bonfire/hot dog & s'more roast, played games, and went Christmas tree hunting.

4. And lastly, November 27 my newest little nephew James was born!!! My sister Hilary is the brand new mama to an adorable, wrinkle kneed, dark black haired, tiny little baby. We're so excited to meet him.

So yes, it was a good month. A very good month.