13 Days and Counting

Here's a little Christmas music to

help get you in the holiday spirit.

Getting Our Craft On

My brother-in-law and his fiance are getting

married in 6 short months.

Robb and Amber invited us over to help

with some of the wedding crafting,

and they made the deal sweeter by 

bribing us with food, so of course we

couldn't say no.  Besides that,

it's always fun to get together,

drink and do crafts!

I didn't get many pictures, but you'll 

get the basic idea of what was going on.

Amber & Robb's theme is something like Rustic Chic

(I think),

so we painted mason jars a peach color and blue color.

And although we didn't finish the mason jars,

Amber posted a pic on her Facebook that I stole

so you can see what the mason jars are 

going to look like.

I can't remember if she is going to put 

flowers in them, or candles, but either

way it will be adorable.

Amber's sister Crystal worked on her machine

trying to make labels the entire time we were

crafting, but because they updated the software,

she never did get it to work like she wanted.

Poor thing - I would have thrown the 

computer out the window because I have

NO PATIENCE!

Cathy and Amber worked on various projects,

but most importantly, they made fondue.

It was delicious!

Since Amber's sisters were visiting,

and they had never been to where the wedding is 

going to be held, we made a breakfast date at

Dennis' house, and Anne cooked breakfast

for everyone.

Sausage biscuits - if you've never

 tried them you have to!

Todd, Dennis and Robb surveyed the area.

Amber, Crystal and Cathy talked about wedding stuff.

Before everybody left,

Anne gave everyone parting gifts.

We each got our cookie package to take home.

Deliciousness!

It was such a fun weekend.

I can't wait to get together again and

do more wedding stuff.

I live for stuff like this!

Ed Sheehan - Thinking Out Loud

And because I've been terrible about posting 

on my blog, here's a little extra something.

I told Lexx when she gets married she has to use

this song in her wedding :)

 

BTW, the dancer in this video is Ed Sheehan,

the singer .  Pretty awesome!

 

Thanksgiving

There has been lack of post here on

the ole McComb blog because I've 

spent the last several weeks preparing 

to have Thanksgiving at our house.

Although preparing to have several people

at your house is lots of work, it is so much fun.

Todd and I both agree we need to have at least

one family get together per year

(If nothing else, just to get projects finished around the house).

There were only about 15 people in attendance, 

so it was a pretty small gathering.

I also did it pot luck style.

I made the turkey, mashed potatoes, 

stuffing and cranberry salad.

Everybody else brought food 

and a bottle or two of wine.

I didn't get any pictures of the food

because I was too busy running around,

and my good camera is in camera heaven,

so I left the picture taking to my daughter 

and her smart phone.

Here are a few of the pictures we managed to take.

My mom, mother-in-law, Uncle Lynn, and Brie.

Uncle Lynn and Brie catching up.

Robb and Amber (my soon to be sister-in law)

Bret and Adam

My dad and father-in-law

The gang...Alexxa, Austin and I

Todd and I

The food was fantastic and the company, great!

Overall I would say it was a success.

Can't wait to do it again next year!

 

Preparing for Thanksgiving

Interior Decorating

A couple of weeks ago Todd and I went

over to his Uncle Lynn's house to help

him decorate his fireplace.

 

Lynn had just had hip surgery and was

unable to climb a ladder in order to

mount the decorations to the wall.

Todd volunteered to help, so we took

a couple hours out of our weekend to

get Lynn's house beautified!

 

I love the way it turned out,

and had to share a couple of pictures.

Lynn was up and about using his walker.

 

I couldn't believe how well he was

 doing after his hip surgery!

Todd climbed the ladder and did the manual labor

while Lynn stood back and supervised.

Here is the final outcome.

 

Lynn and I bantered back and forth

on how the snow shoes should be placed

(He liked them closer to the antlers,

I liked them further out.)

He of course won because,

well, it's his house and he can do

whatever he wants!

And a little closer look at the final product.

 

His house is coming along beautifully.

I can't wait to see all the other

cool projects Lynn has in store in the near future.

 

So, what do you think?

Did Lynn make the right call?

Does it matter, cause he won't change it anyway!

I Dream of...