I'm Back...and I Survived Thanksgiving

I know I've been gone for a minute.

Don't really have a good excuse.

I was fascinated with the election,

so I spent about a week obsessing over it.

After that I had a funeral, Thanksgiving,

a wedding, and then I will have a few other

random events coming up every weekend until Christmas.

I just didn't really make blogging a priority 

the past couple of weeks.

But I'm back,

and I have a little bit to blog about.

So let's get this party started.

Like the past 3 years,

we had Thanksgiving at our house.

I like to have the one holiday here

because it really makes Todd and I

get our butt's in gear and get some

projects finished.

Todd took Thanksgiving week off,

but I worked until the day before.

I got off work around 3 PM,

and I worked on cleaning and

cooking until around 11:30 PM.

Then I woke up at 4 AM and pretty much 

got the holiday started.

We only had about 12-15 people attend,

but the house was full and we had lots of fun.

The turkey turned out well.

I'm always a little worried,

because if you mess it up....

what else are you going to eat?

Everyone pitched in and brought food.

I have to say, we have some amazing cooks in my family.

I'm not one of them,

so thank goodness for everyone else. 

After dinner everyone tried Robb and Amber's

virtual reality games/demos.

It was pretty awesome and we had 

a few laughs when my dad tried the

roller coaster vr and almost fell over.

My sister and niece visited from out of state.

It was a secret, so it was a nice surprise when

they showed up at the door.

After dinner we all just sat around and

talked, played games, and took a few pictures.

Not many though, cause we were 

too busy eating and drinking.

My sweet baby girl was so helpful getting stuff prepared.

I'm not sure why there is no picture of Austin.

He was there, but for some reason he didn't make

it into any of the pictures.  He also was a life saver.

He helped Todd with all the manual work.

I don't know what we would do without those two!

I got a random picture of my beautiful

sister-in-law Amber.  Isn't she so cute!

The last picture we got were of some of the gals.

Karen, Ava and Amber didn't make it in because

they were in a different room...

plus I don't think Lexxa's arms would have been 

long enough to get the entire group;)

It was such an enjoyable afternoon.

I really love it when the family gets together.

We don't do it often enough because of 

everyone's different schedules.

But it does make it that more special when we do.

My Random Life

I wasn't sure what I was going to post this

week, then I looked at my phone camera

and decided I would do a photo dump.

Cole was relaxing on our bed, 

and when I took his picture, his beard

turned out purple.  I didn't color it for

Halloween.  There was a blue light on

in the background that reflected off 

the white hair on his face.

So cute!

We were on our way into town

the other day, and when we came around the corner,

a HUGE pine tree fell in the road.

It completely covered our lane,

and went partially into the other.

So glad we didn't leave the house

30 seconds earlier.

Can you say "Guardian Angels".

Todd and I decorated the pumpkins

we got from Bishop's Pumpkin Farm.

Guess which one is mine...

hint:  It probably took me less than

5 minutes to decorate my pumpkin.

My Mother-in-law and Father-in-law

were kind enough to throw a birthday party.

As usual, there was delicious food and I was

spoiled rotten.  I didn't manage to get a picture

of the food, but I did get a picture of the 

white bottom brownies my MIL made.

AHHH MAAAA GAWD!

They are so delicious!

It's a good thing I only have 

a brithday once a year

cause these goodies could be dangerous.

So there you have it.

My random life in a nutshell.