This is the 2nd year we've made our way down to Pagosa Springs for Thanksgiving. Todd & Leana are our American family and they've adopted us into theirs. Their extended family embrace us too and its always wonderful going to Pagosa to see Todd & Leana and also to attend their church.
When we go, we stay in the FROG (Finished Room Over Garage) - a phrase Todd & Leana came up with when they built their garage and built an open planned room above the garage which Leana also uses as her office. The FROG is also our home-away-from-home complete with Murphy bed, kitchenette, bathroom and sitting area with sofa bed for the kids. The view out the back over the canyon is lovely and I envy my friend being able to work from home overlooking forest and mountains.
Todd & Leana are the friends we have longed for since moving to the States. Unfortunately they moved to Pagosa Springs about 1.5 years after they joined our church but our friendship has grown since they've moved. Todd challenges Warren with spiritual matters and personal issues all the time and Warren thrives on that. Todd 'calls it like it is' and will tell Warren when he's out of line over an issue or opinion and Warren really respects that about Todd. Their friendship has grown closer because of it. Leana is like a sister to both Warren & I - she is so good at seeing things from another perspective and makes me think things through when I have judgements or concerns. What can I say...we love them!
Thanksgiving weekend started with us traveling on Wednesday to Pagosa, arriving at 10 pm. We always chat until midnight (or later) and that happened a lot during the 4-day weekend.
Thanksgiving Day was spent at Leana's brother's house. She has 3 brothers and both her parents & Todd's parents were there also.
It was a sweet time (in more ways than one - the desserts were great!!). And then 'someone' started spraying spray cream from the can into his (or her) mouth. Others had to follow!
Guess who started with the spray-cream!!
Brisa
Ashlyn
Jordyn
The rest of the weekend was spent lazying around. The men watched (dozed through) football while the women played Farkel and the boys watched movies and played in the snow.
We are used to having a 4-day weekend over Thanksgiving that we've decided if we aren't able to go to Pagosa Springs one year, we're going to go away as a family. I can't imagine Thanksgiving any other way!
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