Thanksgiving in FoCo

This year Thanksgiving was spent in Fort Collins as Mike and I both had to work. We are so lucky though to have friends here that are like family, and we hosted a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner on Friday with them! Fifteen people crowded into our home and we celebrated all evening long with wine, good food, and much laughter. We had so much food that at the end of the night every family took a tupperware dish home FULL of their choice of left-overs which was a great way to save Mike and me from eating ourselves into oblivion for the next several days :) Oh and p.s. Rob deep-fried a turkey and I have discovered a new found love for turkey. Mmmm! Anyway, on with the pictures right?

My overflowing plate...
(thanks to Jen for the CUTE place cards)

We did a little Huntington family photo shoot pre-dinner for their Christmas cards. This was one of my faves:

Rob & Mike.

All the boys minus Rob who had gone home for a pre-work nap. From the left, Patrick (we know him through Rob), Eric (our old roomie Whitney's boyfriend), Mike, Mike, Justin in front, Eliot of course, and Jeff. Good times!

And the girlies! Whitney, me, Andrea (Patrick's wife), Jen, Brandi, with Lindsay & Kate in front.

Me with the Hubs. Very thankful for him...I'm really really lucky.

Yes I did just post this picture.
Kate finishing off the night right!

And while most of us I'm sure would have loved to have been spending this holiday with our families in various locations (Indiana, Seattle, New Mexico, Kansas City, Missouri, Florida to name a few!), I know we were all very thankful to be together. We are all so lucky to have found community here to do life with. For these folks, I am thankful this Thanksgiving.