Catching Up

The past month has been fun but busy! Here are some of the things that happened...

My birthday! It was a fabulous day! I got to sleep in (so I stayed up really late the night before! Hee hee!), we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, I talked on the phone a lot, we went on a walk, I got to shower and get ready with no interruptions from kids (a rare treat!), then Mark and I went out to dinner and to see Breaking Dawn. It was such a fun day! Thanks to my wonderful husband, family, and friends for making it so great!

And here was my birthday cake when we went to my parents' house to celebrate a few days later. It was delicious... chocolate cake, chocolate icecream, and chocolate ganache frosting!

Thanksgiving. It was my first time making a big huge turkey... and I'm not sure that I ever want to again :) Here's the table all set and ready to go.

Mark and Ethan are doing man stuff... tightening the legs on the coffee table. Ethan is such a boy! He loves tools and cars, it's so fun to see his personality and interests developing.

Thanksgiving dinner appetizers. Thank goodness for these! The turkey took hours longer than I expected, so these saved me! Everyone was pretty patient about dinner getting done since their tummies were full of appetizers (deviled eggs, caramel corn, cinnamon walnuts, and a veggie tray).

My sister-in-law and cutie niece.

Mom, Dad, and Cala.

Finally ready to eat... phew!

A few days after Thanksgiving we celebrated my father-in-law's birthday with dinner and cherry pie.

I've become obsessed with Pinterest! I'm sure a lot of you can relate, am I right?! I saw this idea on there and the kids LOVE it... glow sticks in the bathtub with the lights off. You can buy the glow sticks at Target (15 for $1)... can't beat that for a little afternoon fun :)

Another idea from Pinterest. I made this pillow cover and love it!

We've also decorated for Christmas. One of my favorite new decorations was covering these canvases with red fabric and using painted wooden letter to spell Noel.

Here's the before...

And after...

After Christmas I can take off the fabric and save for next year!

We also got our Christmas tree. We found a Christmas tree farm nearby up in the mountains where you get to cut down your own tree. It was so fun! Much more of an experience than going to the corner basketball court and picking out a tree in 2 seconds like we used to do in New York.

And then last week we went to a ceremony where Mark took an oath for admission to the bar. I was a proud wifey as usual :)

And there it is, the last month. Lots going on just like I like it :)