Friday, November 27, 2009

Who said you have to have a Turkey on Thanksgiving?

So, seriously, who said you have to have a Turkey on Thanksgiving? This year, we made prime rib with a red wine, chicken stalk and thyme au jus (sauce). We added to that a traditional Hanson stuffing (mushroom soup, celery and thyme), green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. We finished the evening with some of my grandma's great home made pumpkin, pecan and mince pies.
Prime Rib


Stuffing

Green Bean Cassarole

Jesse has a great time relaxing and reading while the ladies were in the kitchen cooking.
The final moments before dinner!
Grandma and Grandpa Hanson (my dad's parents)
A rocky coastline made for a beautiful drive down 17 mile drive.


Sunday, November 15, 2009

Holiday Work Party

Last night we had our annual Fresno Surgical Hospital holiday party. It was so much fun! We went with our friends Micah (who was in our wedding and now works with me) and Katie. Every day I go to work and put on my blue scrubs and hat and we work and don't get to see each other in normal clothes with hair... this makes it even more fun to see everyone dressed up. The party was at Pardinis. Each department created gift baskets and we had a raffle. We are never lucky winners, but it was fun to see people win! There were some GREAT prizes... Bulldog basketball tickets (thanks dad), t-shirts and $50 to Elbow room... Wine, wine glasses, salami and cheese and $100 to Flemmings... and a TON more!

Poker Face... Dr. Gill (middle) loves Lady Gaga so we were posing like her! Susie is one of my good friends at work.

My girls... Missy (middle) and Wendy. Missy is my work mom because she scrubs for my dad and we work together a lot.


This is a lot of the OR crew... a fun group!

Missy, Dr. Tanner and I work together every other Tuesday. He hosts the Halloween party every year.

Bryan and Sarah

Sarah and Desi

Rachel (left) is the queen of cookies and ran the OR for 18 years!!! Cindi (middle) has known me for a long time (worked with my Grandpa in the OR) and now works in the recovery room. Teresa (right) is a long time OR woman who has been a great friend.

John, Sarah and I went to school at Fresno State together and now work together!!!