Thanksgiving '09

Some of the reasons why this Thanksgiving was so great.. (in no particular order)

1. The food, oh the food. See examples below..

2. The company (Bob's Dad is not much for pictures, that's him up top holding the turkey.)


3. The scenery


4. The laughs

5. Getting to spend time with my husband before he starts finals. (I have a feeling I won't be seeing much of him for the next couple of weeks.)

We had a great time, the trip was too short. Thanks again for all the fun Dave and Susan! I will post some of my photography from the trip tomorrow and then I will be finished with all of this Thanksgiving stuff. It is December after all. (I finished decorating last night.. my apartment is officially Christmas-fied.)

It's December..

.. and I'm excited! I took these pictures in Spokane. The mall there is amazing and they had a very fun, very tall tree inside. It got me jones-en for some merry glee. I have officially started decorating, watching Christmas movies, and listening to all of the festive classic songs.

Happy December 1st! (I fibbed a little about posting pictures of all the fun from the vacation. That will have to wait until tomorrow, it's taking me a tad longer than expected to edit them.)

Stuffed.

We're back from visiting Bob's family. We filled our bellies with a lot of amazing food, and treats. Bob's dad made a deep fried turkey, a smoked turkey, prime rib, and a ham.

I have supplied you with a detailed chart of what the dinner table looked like. So you can see what the five of us had in front of us to eat. We kept joking we could feed the entire neighborhood. And keep in mind this doesn't even include all of the yummy snacks, and treats that were all over the house.

Thanks to the Selle's for such a fantastic Thanksgiving! I hope all of you had yourselves a good one too. I will post all the fun from our trip tomorrow. Which by the way is December 1st. Which means the Christmas music and tree decorating are a happenin'.

Happy Thanksgiving (tomorrow)

This weekend we helped our friends Bonnie and Jon finish their basement. (Okay, it was more like sanding and painting a bit.) It was a really fun day, with a really yummy lunch and dinner.

At one point their daughter Ella woke up and we decided to do a little impromptu photo shoot. I am really pleased with how my new camera is working, and can't wait to put it to work up in Washington over the holiday.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving filled with food, family, and tryptofan naps. See you back here Monday.

(p.s. if you're looking for something fun to do today, come play this fun little game on Eric's blog.)

It's almost Thanksgiving..

.. This holiday always gets me. Maybe because I have so much to be thankful for. Or because I know I have so much and others are going without.

When I used to live at home my mom would bustle around the kitchen whipping up recipes, and making her homemade pie crusts. (You haven't had a pie crust, until you have had my mom's.)

My dad and I would sit together and break the bread for the stuffing, laughing, and racing to see who could fill up their bowl the fastest.

Then when we would all sit down to eat, we would of course go around the table saying what we're most thankful for.

Well this year I have quite a lot to be thankful for..

- My husband who each day makes me laugh.

- My parents who are my biggest fans, and are always there for me.

- My husband's parents who never cease to amaze me with their kindness and generosity.

- For my siblings and my husband's siblings who are always willing to put up with my antics, and always make sure to tease me back. Just as siblings should.

- For an extended family. Mine and Roberts grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are some of the funnest people I know.

- For friends that make my life more fun, and realize I have shortcomings and love me anyway.

- For a roof over head, for food in my fridge, for freedom.

- For my abilities, talents, and health

- For my own personal relationship with my Heavenly Father.

- For my life and my support system.

Checklist for the weekend..

- Laundry.. I've had to dip into the reserves, which means concert t-shirts and those jeans that are just a bit too tight.

- Sleep in.. this week has been impossible to get out of bed. Perhaps it's the colder weather?

- Celebrate Jon's old age ;)

- Snap some pictures with my new camera.. I must look like the paparazzi with as much as I'm using it.

- Date night with my husband.

- Clean my house and try to de-clutter the office, so I can finally post some pictures of the new abode.

- Dig out our suitcases from storage and pack for Washington.

- And hopefully take me a short Sunday nap.

Hope everyone has a delightful weekend. See you back here Monday.

Cupcake, hold the frosting.

No, no, no, no, no. It's not here yet. It's not. I'm not ready for it. Frost. Scraping the frost off my windows in the morning is the worst.

It's the single thing I hate most about winter. Don't get me wrong. I love the snow. I love the chill in the air that forces me to put on my boots and gloves. But the frost? No thank you. I don't know what it is, but when I have to scrape it off my windows in the morning when I'm tired and grumpy.. well it's just not the way to start your day.

If there was a memo I could give to nature, it would go something like this..

Nature-

we're making cut backs, sorry to say, that means the frost on my car wind shield.

thank you for complying.

-Caitlin

p.s. if instead you would be interested in leaving a cupcake in it's place, that would be acceptable.