Thanksgiving and our FIRST attempt at Black Friday

We did not take a lot of pics at Thanksgiving to show you all the fun, but we had a blast!
This was my first year away from my family (so of course that was hard), but Dan's sister, Jennifer, and her five boys came and spent Thanksgiving with us and we had so much fun: cooking, playing games, laughing, and so much more. They are from Georgia so I am thankful they took the time and made the drive.
It was so fun getting to know my new nephews and for the boys to play with their new cousins. They were here for three days but I wished it could have been longer. I really like Jennifer and she is so easy to talk to and get along with.
Dan was so excited to have our first Thanksgiving in our house and it went perfectly. We did an old fashion Thanksgiving feast where everyone sat at the same table (it was a LONG table), with a beautiful table cloth, all the food SOMEHOW fit on the table (and might I add I made the best Yams EVER - Thank you Buffy) and so did we! We also had some friends from the Marine Corps come!
We have been teaching Benson and Britton that at the table we never say "Ewww" or "I don't want that." At Thanksgiving it paid off and if they were handed something they did not want they simply said, "Mommy (or Daddy) may I please not eat that?" HA HA It was great!
May I also add that just like any normal American I gained a good 5 pounds from it all!!!! That is how you know it was good, you measure it by the pounds gained. At least that is how I do it.
THEN~
Dan and I decided we were going to do the BLACK FRIDAY shopping the day after Thanksgiving. We had the alarm clock set for 4:30, but that plan soon went out the window when we kept hitting snooze and did not wake up until about 7!!!! We still were out the door by 7:30 and got some GREAT deals! We even got Kung Fu Panda for $6.99. YEAH FOR US!!!! We got all of our Christmas shopping done in one day, it was pretty amazing. I might just end up being one of those crazy "AFTER THANKSGIVING SHOPPERS" every year. We missed all the fighting since we got to the stores later, but I am glad we did. I was so sad to hear some of the stories that happened around America due to these sales. It was also nice to just spend some one on one time with Dan (Jennifer watched the boys for us), I don't think we have had any for a while. FUN TIMES!
We are really looking forward to Christmas now. It looks like we will be having Taylor and Ava with us, we have all of our decor and presents, so now we just need to set up and wrap them all!!! I can not wait!

SUCH A PERFECT DAY!!!!

Here are just a few pics my wonderful, sister in law, Karen took for us of the wedding! It was an absolutely amazing day and everything was PERFECT! Dan looked so Handsom and completely stole my heart. There are no words that can describe the day for me, and no words that can describe my love for this man. I feel so blessed and so rich! Thank you to everyone that came and helped and shared in this day with us!

Schepf's Farms

I believe this was the FIFTH year our family has continued with the tradition of Schnepf's Farm, and I belive I can say it is the event that the boys look forward to the most every year... EVEN OVER CHRISTMAS!

Right when we walked through the gate the boys got their faces painted, and I have never seen them sit so still for five minuets in all their lives, but when it comes to IMPORTANT face painting things I can see why! Britton cried when I washed his pumpkin off the next morning. Then it was right to the pumpkin patch to pick out just the right pumpkin. Every day of this whole last year all I have heard from Benson is how he can not wait to go on the haunted train again, so of course when we got the tickets to the train he could barely wait in line. We had to keep running after him so he would not jump on the train with out us. As we started the ride Britton was sitting by me and Benson was sitting by Grandma Connie. When we ended the ride, Britton was strangling his arms around my head with his legs around my neck as well and Benson was on Grandma Connie's lap with his hands over his eyes. My mom told them that it was just people dressed up in scary costumes to which Benson responded, "No Grandma Connie, those are scary monsters dressed up in scary costumes."

The food was great and the rides were a blast. I think the Bumble Bee Ride took the cake again for the boys for the second year in a row. Papa Skip was a total trooper to go with Benson, since we know Papa Skip is not a "Ride" type of person. Even though they loves the Bumble Bee Ride, I think the LONG slide is catching up since Benson went down it over and over and over ALL BY HIMSELF!

The night ended with a GREAT fire works show and the boys falling asleep on the way home. Of course now all I hear is, "When are we going back to Schnepf's Farms Mommy?" A whole other year of Schnepf's Farms questions..... GREAT!