Thankful

Thanksgiving break couldn’t have come at a better time. I have been running for the last few weeks; trying to keep up with photo editing, school work, teaching, and planning. I’ve hardly had time to think. Putting the breaks on for just a couple days is such a blessing! Since I got home at 6pm last night, I’ve done nothing but relax. We slept ’till almost 1pm today and now I’m cooking and cleaning. Turning down the pressure for just a few hours has already given me some clarity and peace. And for that, I’m VERY thankful.

We are both so thankful for our supportive families: mine in Montana and Alex’s in Ukraine. Since Alex’s family is so far away and my family is coming out to the Seattle area for Christmas, we’re spending Thanksgiving as just the two of us. Rather than preparing a big fat turkey for just the two of us, we decided to start our own traditions and make turkey meatballs. You see, we’ve got Turkey and the meatballs are almost like Ukrainian kutlety.  For dessert, Alex was inspired by one of those chef shows on TV and decided to make raspberry souffle in an apple–awesome!

A quick video of our dinner preparations:

Thanksgiving Dinner from Zinchuk Studios on Vimeo.

Our feast!  And can I just say that that burning log is made from coffee? Not sure how it works, but it burned fore-ever!

We are thankful for our health, our business, and all our opportunities.  Alex has so many ideas to improve both the quality and ease of our cinematography business. I am thankful for each day spent in a warm home full of love with a roof over our heads.

To our couples and our friends & family: thank you for inspiring us and supporting us! It means so much!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!