Our Crazy, Happy Love: Thanksgiving is over!

I don't know about you, but the past week or so has been a blur for all of us! We have hosted a dinner, had 2 sets of visitors, and 2 sick boys! The weekend before Thanksgiving Brandon & Erica came and stayed a few days with us. He interviewed here that weekend so we decided to host the dinner that night. It's nice to finally have a place so that we can accommodate more than 3 people! The boys enjoyed having Kylie to play with and I loved having a baby to love and snuggle. Mine are so big now, but it hits me even more when I see a newborn! That Saturday we made a trip to Columbia to see the Christmas lights at the zoo and tried a new restaurant that was on Diner's, Drive-in's, and Dive's. Lots of fun was had!

They left Sunday and Mom arrived a few hours later. We took it upon ourselves to start knitting. So after a few trips to Joanns and several videos on u-tube, we finally finished a few scarves! She watched the boys while Mark and I cooked and prepared for Thanksgiving. Leah and Cary made it in late Wednesday or early Thursday rather! Thanksgiving was very low-key, but tasteful! This was the first time in several years that we've been able to do black Friday shopping since Mom and Leah were always working the store. It was fun to be able to do so for a change. And props to Mark for being a good Daddy and watching the boys!

We made a trip to the Christmas tree farm yesterday and the boys picked out a tree. It's smaller than what I envisioned, but like it said, they chose the tree! Bently has been really in to decorating this year. I guess he can understand more. We managed to get the tree finished last night and everything else this morning. It's been a nice quiet day with only us here. It's always hard getting back used to it being just us when we've had visitors.

School starts back this week and a month full of holiday activities. The boys and I are ready and prepared. I love this time of year and look forward to doing some of the things offered here. I hope you all make the most of this season and take time to enjoy it. Above all else, Jesus is the reason for this season and that is why we celebrate!!