December?! Already? November flew by but one thing I've noticed as I've gotten older (as we age...) time goes so fast. And speaking of aging, I haven't forgotten about my series. I've got lots to write about. But sadly, as we age... we get tired easily and prefer to sit on the couch when we get home from work instead of writing blog posts about getting old. Oh well! I will get back to it eventually but for now, I wanted to do a quick update from November.
My sweet little baby boy turned 22!? He was able to come home for a couple of days so that we could celebrate with him. When I asked what he wanted for dessert, he immediately said "banana pudding"! Now that's a good southern boy for you! And in case you don't know it, this is the best banana pudding recipe hands down. I always make it in a triffle dish instead of a 9x13 because it makes the presentation a little nicer. And then I stuck two number two candles in it and voila! Birthday "cake" for my baby!
Guess who's a HUGE Grateful Dead fan? And guess who loves his new Christmas sweater? |
He's also a huge Hurricanes fan so this sweatshirt and hat from Uncle Dick and Aunt Jen were perfect! |
It was so nice to spend some time with my boy. The only thing missing was my girl!
But never fear! Both kids came home for Thanksgiving so I was in hog heaven. I worked Monday and Tuesday and then spent the day on Wednesday cooking. But I had help. Sarah made the carrot cake I always make and Peter made a pumpkin pie. Both were delicious. I also made cranberry sauce and sweat potato casserole.
We spent Thursday with my mom and my brother and Jennifer's family. Mom insisted that we take a group photo so I brought my real camera and my tripod and I'm so happy I did. Look at this great group picture:
We had a great time. The food was delicious and it was so good catching up with Jennifer and her family.
And then of course, we headed to the mountains the day after Thanksgiving to get our Christmas tree.
It was COLD. It even snowed a little bit on us but that just made it seem more Christmasy.
We found the perfect little tree! |
And then we headed to downtown West Jefferson and walked around while we waiting on our table at New River Brewing Company. The food is good there and the beer is too so win-win!
When we got home, I made chili and we decorated the tree in our pjs.
We also watched Planes, Trains, and Automobiles because that's now our Thanksgiving tradition movie. It's really funny and has definitely stood the test of time!
Peter headed back to Raleigh on Saturday morning because he had a graduation party to attend and he and his friends were going to watch the State/Carolina game and Sarah spent the day with her whole crew so just like that, it was just the two of us. It was a wonderful time with my sweet little family and I cherish every minute I get to spend with them. That's another thing about aging...you finally understand what's important and it's ALWAYS the people never the things.
And guess what it did on Tuesday? We woke up to a light dusting of snow. Of course, schools here were cancelled and I got to go to work an hour later and there were lots of wrecks. It was so quiet and peaceful when I was drinking my coffee.
I hope you all had a great November! I like to think that I'll get back on here and post again in December but I have a lot to do what with it being CHRISTMAS EVE IN TWENTY DAYS! So I guess I'll go ahead and wish you a Merry Christmas!
And just for fun...Here's some out takes from our Christmas card "photo shoot". Yes, we did it in the front yard on Thanksgiving morning but it was the only time we had since we were getting our tree on Friday and the kids were heading in different directions on Saturday.
I should have used this one for the card! :) |