The Holidays Are Here!!!

Whoa! Thanksgiving's in 3 days!!! I cannot wait... It's going to be a ton of fun! So, we had another awesome weekend... Starting off on Thursday, I was sworn in as a US Citizen at the Federal Courthouse here in Tallahassee. Immediately after the ceremony, they had a booth set up outside the courtroom where Ian Sancho--the Board of Elections Supervisor in Leon County--encouraged us to register to vote. So I did... too bad I missed the elections by a few weeks... oh well!

On Friday, my co-workers threw me a surprise party!!! They were so sweet and I was so touched by them! My boss even gave me a bouquet of red, white and blue carnations. It's sitting on my desk in my office :-) Since Friday was a slack day, we all walked over to College Ave. that afternoon for the FSU Homecoming parade... It was a lot of fun as most of us are FSU alums... We were there to REPRESENT, ya know what ah mean???!!! LOL... After work, Rob and I went to visit Emily at the THM Women's Pavillion!!! Yes, she gave birth at around 8:00 AM on Nov. 16th to an 8-pound baby-boy--Henry James Montford!!! (sorry, don't have any pics of him yet, but I'll take some during our Thanksgiving luncheon at Aunt Helen's on Thursday)! He's so adorable... he kinda looks like Jake a little, but with darker hair!


That night, we were supposed to go to the Downtown Getdown with Jimbo, Justin, Alex, Robbie and the other guys, but Jimbo called the last minute and asked if we wanted to go see 007-Casino Royale instead with him and Whitney. Well, I'm not a big fan of James Bond, so we opted out. We ended up watching Saw (finally!!!) on DVD with my mom and dad at their house. My plan was to watch Saw and then Saw II, so that Rob and I can go see Saw III, but I think I'll stop at one, because I didn't really like the whole premise of the movie. Anyways, Kevin had a game that night in Milton and they won, so they have a game here on Friday (after Thanksgiving) against Pace High School!!! Boy, Friday's going to be a loooooong day... *sigh*... but a really REALLY fun one :-)


Moving on... Saturday was another game day! We tailgated at around noon for the FSU-WMU Homecoming game. The game was another close call, but it just made our weekend a lot better... Now, we're getting ready for the BIGGEST game this season... The rivalry of all rivalries in college football-- FSU vs. UF this coming Saturday at noon! But win or lose... and I'm going to say this now... Given that we stink this year and UF's #4, we're probably going to lose... Well, it's still going to be an awesome game, either way! So, there's a lot going on this week / weekend... and I can't wait for all the excitement to start come Wednesday night :-)


In other sports news... We had a boxing party at my parents' house Saturday night after the FSU game. My dad loves boxing, especially when Filipinos fight. Last Saturday was a huge fight for the Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he faced the Mexican boxer Erik Morales for the 3rd time! We've been waiting for months for this only to witness a very swift, yet solid K.O. vitory for Pacquiao! As they say... short and sweet... but man, what a fight!!!


I was finally able to take pictures of my Christmas decors... (still haven't done the outside yet... we will after Thanksgiving!!!)... So, here they are...

Here's our dining room... I'm not really done yet with the X'mas decors!

Here's another shot, without the flash...

My Christmas China

Here's our breakfast area... not done yet either

My "mini" Christmas tree on our breakfast table

Another mini Christmas tree on our coffee table

Our fireplace... we still don't have our nativity scene

The living room

Our 10-foot Christmas tree... Yeah, I started Christmas shopping but not even close to being done... *sigh*... Got a long ways to go!!!

And another one without the flash on :-)

Well... I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!! Hope you have a great time, because we sure are going to!!!