Thanksgiving and Christmas - The Holidays - a.k.a. CHRISTmas Time! ;)

Oh no! Am I becoming a once a month blogger? I certainly hope not. But it seems I have only blogged once in November and then before that it was October. Sad day. This time of year we stay busy though. Lots of people to see, places to go, church events to attend. So I'll do another recap.

Thanksgiving. I love this holiday. It is so nice because it's the kickoff to the Christmas season. And really? The Christmas season is WAY better than actual Christmas itself. I've always found Christmas day to be, well, anticlimactic. The buildup is so big and then Christmas comes and it's just another day. You happen to get and give presents on this day and eat a lot. Those things are nice, but the season is so much better!!! Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Christmas time. I get really into it. I light candles, listen to Christmas music, hand wrap all my presents and tie homemade bows and all that lovely stuff. Not to mention the cooking and baking... :) It's definitely my cup of tea. But I digress...

Thanksgiving is my favorite. The food is always SO good and there's always way too much of it.

We spent Thanksgiving pretty much the same way we always do. Calvin's parents for lunch and my family's Thanksgiving for dinner. It's always really hard because it seems like we are rushing from one house to the next and there's entirely too much food to enjoy in one day, but nonetheless, we go.

It was fun this year, however, because David could really eat Thanksgiving food. He ate some Turkey and sweet potatoes and dressing. And we got some good family pictures to put on our Christmas card too! The day before Thanksgiving I spent baking apple pies and green bean casseroles with my granny! We also made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and she taught me how to make her homemade dressing.

 And I did her hair and make up and we took some pretty pictures! 

 Here is David eating his first plate of Thanksgiving food! 

 My handsome hubby!

These are what I baked with my granny the day before Thanksgiving! 

I also finished another piece of furniture in November, but I'm not sure if I blogged about it. So here's a quick pic.

Now, for those of you who know me, I don't really like doing Black Friday shopping. I love tradition and traditionally I've always put up my Christmas stuff the day after Thanksgiving. So that's what I did. BUT I did make a quick Target/World Market run. Found a few things on super sale.

Here's a few pics of Christmas decor:

Alright, I'm done for today! I'll blog about our Christmas later! We did lots of fun stuff during the month of December!

Ahh... It's been FOREVER!

Well, today a friend asked my why I haven't been blogging. I've been asking myself the same thing. Truthfully, I've been waiting for inspiration. Something GREAT to say. When I say something, I want people to listen. I want to make it count. But oh well. All I got is a recap. Can't believe I missed out on the entire month of October.

Let me start by saying that October is my FAVORITE month of the entire year I think. It FINALLY cools down. The leaves change. And then I LOVE Halloween because I feel like it kicks off the "holidays". And then there's pumpkin carving, chili, football (blah), and parties and weenie roasts and bonfires and hay rides, OH MY! :) Love it.

So I guess, honestly, I've just been ENJOYING October too much to document it. So here's a picture recap:

At some point around mid October I decided to host a Pumpkin Carving Party! It was fun! More people were there than this, but I didn't get pics of everyone! We ate chili, carved outside in my garage, and I have prizes for the winners! It was a fun night!

 This was a Pinterest idea! Loveit!

 Every year I make Halloween cupcakes! I love to do this!

 This was my table for the party!

At another point in October (perhaps the first weekend?) there was a tea party for Hannah's mom, Mrs. Pam. It was a surprise and it was fun! Hannah and I dressed up like women from the 50's or so! I tried to be kinda June Cleaverish. Red lipstick even if it clashes.I had a ball! Loved doing my hair for this.

 And then there was Halloween! David and I dressed as bumblebees and Calvin just carried around a flyswatter. Ha! We went to the Harvest Festival at First Baptist Church Joelton. We had loads of fun! David was the cutest little bumblebee if I do say so myself!

 Halloween weekend was also the weekend of my grandmother's family reunion. So we went to that. There was a beautiful cabin with lots of leaves and an old railroad track and we thought it was the perfect place to take Fall pics! So these of David turned out really pretty I think!

And that was October! Between church, choir practices, parties, and more...we were very busy! And November has continued to stay busy! I'll write more later! :)