Thanksgiving.

Whew! Sorry for the break folks, but it was needed. I didn't want to buckle down and write posts when I should be enjoying my time with Mr. Skinny and our families. Mr. Skinny had a record breaking 6 days off, and even though he doesn't get paid holidays, he deserved the break. It's the longest break he's had since he started working in March of 2010. While he didn't get anything done that he wanted, I think he still enjoyed his break.

Yesterday was my first day back to reality, too, and I will be counting the days until Christmas! I love the holidays and since I don't really like my job at all, any break is very welcome. I have a whole slew of pictures that I took this weekend, so I think I'll recap the last week.

Thursday - Turkey Day!

Walked in to watch the parade with the family
and saw this - Dad passed out at 9am.

We ate with my family this year, but since my brother and his girlfriend ate at her house then came to our house for a second dinner, my mom declared that it makes more sense for us to just have our family Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. So next year we'll be eating with Mr. Skinny's family, and I guess every Thanksgiving from here on out. Dinner was amazing, I love fresh turkey right out of the oven. After dinner we went to Mr. Skinny's grandma's house, then to his parents house to visit with both sides of the family. We got a lot of congratulations and hugs, so that was exciting for us!

Friday - Black Friday! My dad wanted to go out and get some cabinets for the garage so he guilted Mr. Skinny into taking him so that he could use the truck to fit the cabinets. It was a boy's outing for Black Friday, Mr. Skinny, my dad, and my brother while Mom and I stayed home and slept. Apparently Mr. Skinny turned into Santa Claus because he bought me a ton of stuff. I told him this is the last year for that, we're saving our money for the baby next year, not spending it on each other! After the boys came back, Mr. Skinny went to cut some wood and I hung out with my family until later when I went to join Mr. Skinny's family.

Saturday & Sunday - Went to see my favorite cousin and her family. She has two adorable little boys, remember Colton and Isaiah? Colton is so big now! Almost 7 months! And Isaiah just keeps getting cuter! Mr. Skinny also held his first non-walking baby! Huge step for him, I was so proud! Although Isaiah got a little jealous because him and Mr. Skinny are buddies and even though Isaiah doesn't normally get jealous about his brother, he was a little upset with Mr. Skinny holding Colton.

Colton just fell asleep in Mr. Skinny's arms. He
didn't know what to do!

Buddies!

Colty - how adorable, right?

Monday - Mr. Skinny was supposed to cut wood again, but we went up to the mall to return the pair of real Uggs Mr. Skinny got me for Christmas, but they don't fit my massive calves :( When I told the manager that he said he could fix them and I got so excited! I thought since they were expensive maybe they could send them back and make them wider, but no. He just folded them down. I don't like them like that. So I went with a pair of Bearpaws. A heck of a lot cheaper, that's for sure. After shopping we came home and did 4 loads of laundry, organized just about our whole room and put up our mini-Christmas tree.

All the ornaments we have. I think we need some more.

New addition for this year!

Courtesy of my cousin!

Finished decorating!

We also put together my first Christmas present - a mirror/jewelry box - isn't it pretty? I love that it's more multi-functional that just a standing jewelry box.

Mr. Skinny was off yesterday, too, but I had work so he hung out with his mom, brother, and grandma all day and cut a little bit more wood. All in all, we had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend, got to relax and enjoy ourselves. Only 25 days until Christmas!

Tell me:


How was your Thanksgiving?
Do you have a lot of jewelry?