Sunday, 07 December 2008

• Thanksgiving and Stuff

  Thanksgiving was an absolute blast this year. We had 5 of Courtney's siblings, their 12 children, his mom, and his uncle. Of the 24 people that were at our house for Thanksgiving, 23 of them slept there as well! There were people in ever nook and cranny - and it was great! The kids played in the huge pile of leaves in the backyard, and the grownups visited over coffee and wine. We all cooked and washed dishes, watched football - and even played a great game of flag football on Thanksgiving Day. The adults had a wonderful evening out at Noble's for dinner - except poor little Xander got upset when he realized his mom was gone, so Michelle didn't get to stay for the entire evening. Some of the children visited the Discovery Place, some went to see the movie Wall-E. We went to visit Zach at the coffee shop he works in at the beautiful Southpark Mall - and I took my nieces to Sephora for a special make-over treat. It was such a blast. We had homemade eggnog (thank you Seth), and fresh apple, pumpkin, and pecan pies - and (my favorite) - cheesecake (thank Michelle and Janine). Besides all of that - we had fresh homemade dinner rolls, muffins, bread, and cinnamon rolls; turkey, smoked ham, potato casserole, broccoli-rice-cheese casserole, homemade cranberry sauce, the best stuffing ever, and fresh corn on the cob! The weather was not too cold (initially), so we set up the adults tables outside. My nieces helped me set put out my great grandmother's table cloths and my fine china. I had candle's left over from a previous dinner party - so it made for a beautiful table. We had a champagne toast and we had sparkling grape juice for the kiddos (which they thought was pretty special). Everything was just great. Unfortunately I woke up Thanksgiving morning with no voice - but I didn't let that get in my way!

  After everyone left on Sunday of last week, we headed down to Atlanta for a quiet evening to relax. Monday we went down to Montgomery, AL where Nathan and Michelle and their children live. Nathan is a pilot in the Marine Corp and got promoted to Lt. Colonel that day. So, we went down and got there just in time for the ceremony to begin. Afterwards they had a "wetting down" - which is just the Marine term (if I'm not mistaken) - for having a big party. It was a really awesome ceremony and Michelle did a great job on the reception!

  Since getting home, we've slowly put our house back together. I keep finding things here and there, that people have left. Btw - I found Uncle Lee's glasses, James' pullover, and Janine's pie dishes.

  Now I'm trying to find my Christmas decorations and get our house Holidized. Since we finally have our own house - and will be spending Christmas here - I really want to decorate. But, I just realized today that we left our Christmas tree stand in Louisiana - and that may also be where all of our ornaments are! :( I'm hoping that digging in the garage tomorrow will prove otherwise!

  We are still without a reliable computer at home - so I still am unable to post any pictures. But, hopefully someday soon....

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