Come and Gone

I can't believe that Thanksgiving has come and gone and the days until Christmas are ticking away. The Rockefeller tree lighting is tomorrow and we have our first Christmas party on Thursday! But I'm jumping ahead. Thanksgiving was wonderful and one of the most relaxing yet. It as great to spend time with family down in Nashville. We had a yummy dinner for 21 people and the next morning awoke to the sounds of credit cards swiping. The rest of the weekend was spent seeing friends, watching football, eating some more and just being together. Now begins the countdown until this Sunday at the big trunk show!

 Some pre-thanksgiving Brie and Sausage Balls - beginning to stretch the stomach

The men were concerned about getting their clothes dirty, thus the aprons

 How many men does it take to fry a turkey??

 We were able to catch up with some good friends while watching the Iron Bowl. Ben caught a cute little blonde's attention. We also watched all 3 of our football teams lose that day - somehow we're getting use to it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're on our way to Nashville to spend Thanksgiving with Ben's side of the family. I'm so excited to (hopefully) be with Ben work-free, spend time with family, see friends I haven't seen in 6 months, eat lots of homemade food, watch the best parade and do some black Friday shopping! We have so much to be thankful for this year! Here are just a few...

 Thankful that I get to spend the rest of my life with this amazing guy

Thankful we live in such a fun city

Family

I couldn't find a pic of the whole family so...

My two favorite little boys

More to be thankful for - 

Great friends

Jobs

Health

And being a child of God

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

It Flew By

It seems like forever ago since the last time I blogged! Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the best football weekend has come and gone. There was so much packed into those 4 days! Tons and tons of food, family (we had four generations at the house), good friends, relaxation, amazing deals on Friday, going to the gator game and of course starting up the Christmas music! How was your Thanksgiving and the rest of the shopping weekend? Any good finds?

However, it's not over yet...it's now Cyber Monday!!! Keep up the hardcore shopping and please share your awesome finds with the rest of us!

The final table

Our Place-setting

The fun that was had by all ages

I love my great grandpa!

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope each and everyone of you has a wonderful Thanksgiving day! I have so much to be thankful for including all of you....

Amy Atlas ideas and photos by Allan Zepeda and Mel Barlow

Countdown continues

Only one more day until we stuff our bellies with all that Thanksgiving food. However, my mom and I are off to figure out what the table decorations will be and go through all our options. Which have actually become more options than I thought. However, we do know that our centerpiece will be the lovely flower arrangement that my in-laws sent us yesterday! After the table setup, I am going to lunch with 2 of my best friends from back in high school! I haven't seen them since I got married!! Well, have a wonderful day on this Thanksgiving Eve! (Also, merry month away Christmas!)

Photo from A Field Journal

Images from Jenifer Altman

A day of thanks! (images from Rachel Grace)

A Week of...

...Thanksgiving! I love celebrating in weeks and therefore I feel like we should do the same for Thanksgiving. So here are some ideas for your Thanksgiving week or just to get you in the mood...

shandakenbake.com

I read this on another blog and I know it's late for this but still so cute - create a countdown and write things you're thankful for until Thanksgiving. This should be very easy since it's only a couple days away