From the mouths of babes...: November

November has been a good month. The weekend of the 12th, we took the kids to the Wilderness Water park. We promised that we would do that in place of a birthday party this year. Sweet Pea's best friend and dad were able to go with us and we all had a great time. We also went to Dollywood.
Weekdays are always packed with work, homework, music lessons/practice, basketball games/practice, etc.
Wednesday night before Thanksgiving was awesome! My sweet husband took me to see Breaking Dawn-part 1. I admit it; I'm a Twihard. I've read the books several times and Matt even has the audio books on his Ipod that he has listened to a few times in addition to reading the books.
Thanksgiving day, we gave thanks with dinner at home with just me, Matt and the kids. After we ate, we visited with Matt's family for a few hours. We kept up our tradition of getting the kids new pajamas and a new ornament and then decorating the Christmas tree. I did a little online Christmas shopping and purchased a few little extras that we wanted.
Friday we ate lunch with some friends, did a little shopping and then they came over to the house to visit for a little while.
Saturday was Thanksgiving dinner with my family. Matt fried fish and my sweet uncle fixed my spaghetti with tomato juice. Friday evening, my Papaw had a mini stroke so it was great getting to hang out with him and seeing him doing alright (everything considered). We also got to meet my cousins girlfriend, who is a sweetheart (and I might be partial because she wants to be a therapist!).
Sunday was church and then my best friend from college (and her husband and daughter) came to visit. We ate Red Lobster for lunch and then hung out at the house. Jason played Wii- Just Dance 3 which was one of the funniest things to see. AND even better than that...I got my Green blow up M&M to go outside with Red that I got last year.
So we are back to the regular work week and running around like crazy again. Most of my Christmas shopping is complete and any outings we have now are just because we want to get out of the house and get a good laugh at the craziness. I am planning a shopping day with my mom because she isn't done with shopping yet.
The girls had their music recital today and did an awesome job. God has blessed our family with so many wonderful things, people, and privileges. I am very fortunate to have a home and a family that I love so much.