We got back from our Florida vacation the day before Thanksgiving. Since we live so far from our families, we've been doing Thanksgiving for the past 6 years (minus last year) and I really missed it. We had it all. I had planned on a ham for dinner since I don't like turkey, but when I went to buy the ham I got a turkey for free! We ended up having Ham, Green Bean casserole, Cream Corn casserole, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Stuffing, Cranberry jelly, homemade Bread, Pumpkin Pie and homemade Whip Cream. All was homemade except the stuffing because you just can't beat Stove Top Stuffing! On a side note, I went to make the pumpkin pie filling and my recipe called for sweatened condensed milk. My mom, being the pie maker of the family, told me that I was supposed to use evaporated milk. So, I listened to her and used the evaporated milk then continued to follow the recipe. BUT the recipe did NOT call for sugar because of the sweatened condensed milk. Needless to say the pie was AWFUL! Next time I either follow the recipe or let mom do the entire pie :)
Here we are having homemade whip cream. You can't make whip cream without licking the beaters.
This was Thanksgiving dinner. It was the first time we used the dinning room. The kids had a Thanksgiving feast at school the day before and made their pilgram hats that they insisted on wearing. But after the picture they were taken off pretty quickly.
A tradition that we started our first year of marriage is to decorate for Christmas right after Thanksgiving dinner. So, as soon as we finished we started to decorate. This is what our tree looks like. I just realized that I don't have pictures of any of the other decorations, I'll post them later this week. It was a good thing that we decorated because my mom stayed with us a couple of extra days so that we could celebrate Christmas with her since she is going to Argentina right after Christmas.
Here is C playing with his helocopter transformer and new stool that he got. He LOVES Transformers and Bakugon's. He has never seen either and doesn't really know what they are but he loves that the transformers change and he loves Bakugon's because he buddy from Cincinnati played with them.
Here is M with her new coffee maker. Most of our family has to drink at least a cup of coffee in the morning and we love Starbucks so M thought that this was a great present. She has made me more Mocha Frappicchinos then I have ever had before in my life.
These are just a couple of good pictures that I thought I'd put up. I was trying to get some pics for our Christmas cards.
Here they are looking like they love eachother. This is a very rare shot. But one that I am seeing more and more as they get older!
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