Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving was great! Although, I am worn out... we had a blast visiting with both sides of the family. The hardest part for me was all the sitting in the car... the baby is in a growing stage (and I guess has been for all of it's life) but I'm really starting to feel it now. Once we arrived at our destination and I could stretch out I was a much happier camper.

The holiday started at my mom's house. We basically ate food and talked! I love Thanksgiving. I didn't take a ton of food pictures because... let's face it, those get old fast and never turn out as good as they really look. However, I couldn't resist taking a picture of our turkey. My mom has a rotisserie and it was so good to eat and look at! I brought one of my pumpkins, and even though it didn't ripen up enough to make a pie it made a lovely little decoration.

After lunch/dinner we had a little birthday party for my youngest sister. She turned 2o on Thanksgiving day this year.

After watching the Cowboys we went to see a movie. The Blind Side. All I have to say is, "Go see it!" It was great and Steven and I will probably purchase it. I was prepared for a tear jerker, but I didn't cry once (& have I mentioned that I am pregnant?). There were tons of hilarious parts and the story was wholesome.

These next couple of pictures are kinda random... but I wasn't sure where to put them. The first one is of my brothers "play" fighting... I thought it was funny. Then the law growing in my sister's gutters... sorry Amanda, it just cracks me up! An of course the cuteness that is Charlie... he was helping us decorate the Swindell's place.

On Friday morning we gave my old cat Buttercup (who I don't think I've ever blogged about) to my old roommie Amber. Amber and her kitten, Dante, are going to give Butter a try. I really hope it works out because we aren't sure what we are going to do about Buttercup if it doesn't. Buttercup is a wonderful cat, but Steven's mother is allergic and she hissed at one of my friends' baby carriers. I'm not sure she would do well with young kids.

It was an interesting morning. We put both cats in separate carriers and put the carriers next to each other. The kitten was adorable... it just meowed and played with anything it could find. My ol' Butter on the other hand was ridiculous. She hissed and growled (the lovely way that cats do) and continued to show extreme disapproval. Everyone is hoping Butter get over herself and learns to love the Dante. I think he would make a great playmate if she would warm up to him.

After we got the cats situated, we drove to Angleton. Nothing to eventful happened. We talked about baby stuff and listened to the Christmas music on the Christian radio station. Aside from the pain of sitting for 6.5 hours, it was a lovely drive.

On Saturday we helped the Swindells decorate their house. Jim thinks he sucker us into it, but I really enjoy helping. You just can't not be in the Christmas spirit when there is music and lights all around. After decorating we had an amazing meal with the Family... we had so much to be thankful for this past year!

While decorating we moved away the couches for the tree I took a picture of Cathy's new quilt (made by a friend down the street). I love this quilt! It is a civil war reproduction quilt and the colors are so beautiful. The picture doesn't do it justice, but I had to try. I would love to be able to make one like it (smaller of course) because Steven likes it too!... and he usually doesn't like quilts. I took a picture of my favorite block... it's kinda like the colors I would like to do the baby's room in.

Finally, on Sunday we took Christmas card photos and the Padres, Steven and I headed to a Texans vs the Colts game. The game was good until the end when the Texans decided to give up. It was fun to watch live NFL so close though!

We have so much to be thankful for!

Steven mentioned to me on Friday (during our long trip to Houston) that it only makes since that we transition into Christmas after Thanksgiving. He said that on Thanksgiving we share all the things that we are thankful for all the blessing the Lord has brought us... including the best gift of saving the world with His son, Jesus. Then we get to enter into a season of worship because Emanuel has come! It's a wonderful time of year and we love soaking it up!