Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Holiday Time!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here in Wisconsin this year. While we really missed our family in Illinois, it was so nice to just stay at home, keep our boys on normal nap schedules, and try our hand at cooking our own turkey! Ryan had Wednesday through Sunday off, and though he studied all day Wednesday and Saturday, we loved having him home for 5 days.

Our Thanksgiving meal turned out wonderfully. Ryan and Abe collected some leaves in the morning to use for our table centerpiece. During the meal, Abe got to use a goblet, which he was so excited about, and he said he was thankful for Daddy, Mommy, and cornucopias! Charlie gobbled down his 1st Thanksgiving meal and was particularly fond of the whipped cream on the pie!

On Friday we scored a few Black Friday deals, ate cold turkey sandwiches (my absolute favorite way to use leftover turkey), put up our Christmas tree, and watched "Frosty the Snowman" with popcorn and hot cocoa in the evening. It was a fabulous kick-off to holiday season!

Ready to eat!



Both our boys look so thrilled, don't they?! They really did enjoy the meal, I promise!




Homemade Pumpkin Pie!



Abe was really into the decorating this year. In fact, he still asks me almost daily if I "like the tree with the star on top" and if I can "even believe that we have a tree in our house"!! While we were putting up the tree, he kept saying, "Oh, wow! Wow! Wow!"

All done!



P.J. party watching "Frosty the Snowman"!




Ryan's mom gave us this ornament the Christmas right before we got married--5 Years this December! As a side note, this picture was taken with our new camera!! Our old one has been on its last leg for quite some time, oftentimes not even allowing you to take pictures, and when it does, the photos are very grainy. Just take a look at how sharp this photo is in contrast to the previous six, especially the pictures of the Thanksgiving table! We watched Amazon's Black Friday deals like a hawk and ended up getting such a good price--I am so thankful to have this camera to capture special moments of our boys as they grow!




May your Season be Merry and Bright!

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