Thanksgiving in New Mexico

We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year. We usually are off flying somewhere fighting crowds at the airport for two of the four days off. This year we stayed home for the whole break and just relaxed. We didn't even have to cook food! A very nice family in our ward invited us to their home for turkey dinner. It was all home cooked and excellent! I mean really yummy! Many people in our ward have horses. This family had a barn with four horses, two dogs, and two chickens. One of their horses (sorry forgot to take a picture) is a tall black show horse that last year one an award for the top show horse in the world...yes world. This year it was second (voting was split 3-2). This horse pictured was one of their other horses and it really likes people. If you go anywhere near it it will reach down and smell and nibble on your shirt. I have not spent much time around horses so it is very fun for me. Lincoln would go up close then the horse would reach down and sniff his hair and he would run off giggling. It was really fun.
We sent Lincoln on a chicken egg hunt in the hay and he found this one. He was so happy and proud of himself. We took it home and ate it the next morning.
Here is Lincoln just before the horse reached down to smell him. Lincoln would always run away laughing then come back for more. 

We have lived in different cities in different states over the past five years and it still amazes me that no matter where we live we will always find great people who are willing to open their home to basically strangers. I love that aspect of the LDS church, no matter where you live in the world you will be a part of a local ward group with people that will do things for you and love you as if they have known you their whole life. We have only been here for four months and already we have so many great friends of all ages that will be our friends forever. We have much to be grateful for.