Thanksgiving & Tree Trimming!

Yay! The holiday season is upon us, and we've wasted no time in getting our Christmas spirit on. We've already got our tree up and wrapped presents underneath. I'm currently drinking eggnog while watching Christmas Vacation. It doesn't get much better.

We've had a fairly quiet Thanksgiving. Where we traveled a few weeks ago to Virginia, we stayed in North Carolina at home this year. We had a nice lunch with my mom and dad where we ate good food and did a little bit of online shopping. When Dillon and I got home yesterday, we all took naps and then did a little bit of yard work. The weather was really nice and has really gone downhill today with super cold weather.

Today we did some Black Friday shopping today at the small WalMart in town and then we got our tree this evening. We got that thing up in record time. We got home at 3:30 and by 5:30 we were done. We're switching it up this year and we've put the tree down in our tv room in the basement. This keeps Charlie out of the tree and out of the presents. I could already tell this afternoon that was a good idea because she was tearing everything apart.

So I guess we are ready. This month will be busy. We've got visits to see Santa Claus, trips to Virginia, Christmas parties and cooking galore. I've got my running shoes on and I'm ready to go!

Shopping while cooking!

We labeled our cups. One guess who's cup this is. HA!

She really enjoyed the meatballs.

My trifle!

Going to get our tree!

This is my crazy smile. The kids were driving me nuts.

Christmas Tree 2018

A Very Virginia Thanksgiving

A few weeks ago, Dillon's daddy texted and said that he'd like to have our family Thanksgiving this weekend because Dillon's sister is working the actual weekend of the holiday and he wanted us to all get together. We were all able to make it work to get together today for a lunch and we had a really great time together this weekend. We were able to visit some with Dillon's granny and Libby and her family which was great! All the kids were able to play together and scream and run around! They loved it.

Today we had waaaayyy too much food, but it was oh so good. Because there was so much, we also have dinner for the next week (or maybe two!) This week is another crazy week coming up and then the following week is Thanksgiving. Since we went to Virginia this weekend, we'll be staying in NC for the holiday. This will also give us time to get our Christmas tree and some other things done. I'm not quite sure where this year has gone to, but I can't believe we're a month away from Christmas (and Charlie's birthday). I've got to run, there's unpacking to do and I have to get everything ready for tomorrow!