Thanksgiving is hands-down my favorite holiday. Even better than my birthday or Christmas and not lost in commercialism. It's simple and delicious. It requires nothing more of us than eating our favorite foods with our favorite people. This year we are hosting Thanksgiving in our new home, for the first time. Our life looks a little different than it did at Thanksgiving last year. We have so much to be thankful for and I can't help but get a little emotional when I think of all of the blessings God has given our family. I couldn't name them all if I tried. Not even telling you something I am thankful for each day would be enough. Because I'm constantly reminded of little things throughout … [Read more...]
weekend recap, mother’s day edition
We had a busy Mother's Day weekend but surprisingly, it was pretty relaxing. On Friday night we went out to eat with some friends at one of my favorite local places. Then on Saturday morning we headed to the lake. We spent the day on the water, BK went for a boat ride and loved being on the water and Allen and I rode the jet ski's. I have to sing the praises of this new life jacket she is wearing. This is life jacket number 3 for us, she just doesn't like to keep them on and well, that's really not an option when we're at the lake. We picked up this Puddle Jumper on Saturday morning and she didn't even want to take it off when we went inside. She sat on the pier and watched the guys … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving
We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We started out the day by watching the parade and cooking a few things. Braylen loved the big balloons and the music, she was so mesmerized by the parade. I get the fun task of making duplicates of everything. Double the green bean casserole, double the Symphony brownies and double the mac and cheese. Each Thanksgiving we visit Allen's grandparents and have lunch with his family around noon. Then we head to my parents house and eat again around 2:00. Both sides of my family come to my parents house for Thanksgiving. I can't tell you how much better this makes things for us. The first year we were married we went to FOUR different places … [Read more...]