Thanksgiving... Overdue
Hey All!!! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving... Rob and I had a great time celebrating with our families!!! And now that it's all over... we can get into full Christmas mode!!! Let the fun times begin...
The next day, Black Friday, I woke up at 4 AM and kicked off my Christmas shopping... I had many plans, but I was unable to accomplish all of them. I first went to Circuit City, because I drove by Best Buy and the line was just insane... so, I thought I would be better off at Circuit City... Since their building is much smaller than Best Buy, it had a limited capacity of 500. So, they were only letting in people every time some customers came out of the building... Luckily, I did not stand in line for a long time... However, once I was checking out, I stood in line for almost 2 hours!!! It was just C-R-A-Z-Y!!! They were so ill-prepared that they only had 3 registers running, and since 99% of the stuff people were buying had rebates, the cashiers were typing in every single name, address, phone numbers, etc, etc on the receipts!!! I didn't give up though and I ended up snatching some great deals on DVDs... So afterwards, I was planning on stopping by Target, but their lines were even longer, so i ditched that plan and just went straight to the mall... I did a lot of shopping at the mall... I got all the kids' presents done and most of the adults... So, now, I can cross them off the list... but I still have a long way to go... *sigh*
So, after a loooong morning, I went back home and joined my husband in bed... only to wake up hours later, freshened up and went back to the mall (again), but this time with Rob!!! Well, I went to some stores that I didn't get to visit earlier that day... After all the shopping, Rob and I went to my brother Kevin's State Championship playoffs!!! They played Pace High school... It was such an intense game because they were both really really good... Well, the Trojans won and they're playing at the Regional finals on Friday night against Nease High from Jacksonville... If they beat Nease, the Trojans are off to Miami for the State Championship game!!! Whooohooo... GO TROJANS!!!
Saturday was another looong day... We woke up early for an early breakfast tailgate party at the FSU-UF game! That was another intense game... we had the Gators for a little while there and honestly, I thought we would upset them... but they won and I just wish all the Gators out there... "Good Luck" on your game against Arkansas this Saturday for the SEC championship, because you sure are going to need it!!! Anyways, after the game, we all stayed and had a fish-fry tailgate party with all the hush puppies, 'slaw and cheese grits you can eat! The boys were in charge this time, headed by my father-in-law, who is such an avid fisherman :-) They did an awesome job!!! Mom kept drinking wine and so by the end of it, she was wasted... LOL... She kept telling Rob and I to "pro-create" and give her lots of grandbabies... LOL... She is so hilarious. We couldn't stop laughing and all of our friends were joining in on the fun!!! What a great way to end a rather disappointing season... but the future holds great promises for the 'Noles... We'll have to wait another year!
Sunday was slow-paced... Thank goodness! We did a lot of cleaning, but it was great to just relax and stay home! We went back to work on Monday... and after work, Rob and I went to babysit the Maddoxes! We played so many games that we were both exhausted at the end of it... Well, we did have a great time with those kids (AGAIN)... Needless to say, we slept really well that night :-) We had Riccardo's for dinner last night with my family at my parents' house... And today, we had a slack day at work... My co-workers and I had so much fun decorating our office for Christmas!!! We finally have our Christmas tree up in the hallway and we hung garlands and wreaths in every corner... Tomorrow, I'm going to hang a stocking on my office door... I'm sure they'll stuff it with something good :-) Tonight, we're in dire need of supplies, so Rob and I are going grocery shopping... Well, the weekend's almost here again... so, until next time... have a good one!
So, Thursday morning was a crazy time... I woke up real early to cook... I made Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Souffle, Creamy Mashed Potatoes and Key Lime Pies... while my dear husband slept in until almost noon!!! LOL... Afterwards, we spent the whole afternoon with his family at Aunt Helen's for our Annual Thanksgiving luncheon. She converted her dining room so she could sit 20 people in there!!! We had a lot of fun playing with the kids (as you can tell from the pics below)!!! Haha! Hey, what can I say... some guys are chick-magnets... Rob and I, on the other hand, attract kids for some reason!!! They follow us everywhere, tug at our shirts, climb us like trees and they fight over who gets to sit next to us at the dinner table!!! Oh, man those kids are a hoot!!!
So, this is what happens when kids get a hold of your cell phone... LOL... The Maddoxes--Bentley, Miller and Levy
Here's Bentley trying to get cozy with Rob!
Levy's trying to sleep on my lap :-)
... And Levy wanted to be with Rob, so he had to kick Bentley out... haha! See what I'm talking about??? Those kids just LOVE us!!!
The next day, Black Friday, I woke up at 4 AM and kicked off my Christmas shopping... I had many plans, but I was unable to accomplish all of them. I first went to Circuit City, because I drove by Best Buy and the line was just insane... so, I thought I would be better off at Circuit City... Since their building is much smaller than Best Buy, it had a limited capacity of 500. So, they were only letting in people every time some customers came out of the building... Luckily, I did not stand in line for a long time... However, once I was checking out, I stood in line for almost 2 hours!!! It was just C-R-A-Z-Y!!! They were so ill-prepared that they only had 3 registers running, and since 99% of the stuff people were buying had rebates, the cashiers were typing in every single name, address, phone numbers, etc, etc on the receipts!!! I didn't give up though and I ended up snatching some great deals on DVDs... So afterwards, I was planning on stopping by Target, but their lines were even longer, so i ditched that plan and just went straight to the mall... I did a lot of shopping at the mall... I got all the kids' presents done and most of the adults... So, now, I can cross them off the list... but I still have a long way to go... *sigh*
So, after a loooong morning, I went back home and joined my husband in bed... only to wake up hours later, freshened up and went back to the mall (again), but this time with Rob!!! Well, I went to some stores that I didn't get to visit earlier that day... After all the shopping, Rob and I went to my brother Kevin's State Championship playoffs!!! They played Pace High school... It was such an intense game because they were both really really good... Well, the Trojans won and they're playing at the Regional finals on Friday night against Nease High from Jacksonville... If they beat Nease, the Trojans are off to Miami for the State Championship game!!! Whooohooo... GO TROJANS!!!
Saturday was another looong day... We woke up early for an early breakfast tailgate party at the FSU-UF game! That was another intense game... we had the Gators for a little while there and honestly, I thought we would upset them... but they won and I just wish all the Gators out there... "Good Luck" on your game against Arkansas this Saturday for the SEC championship, because you sure are going to need it!!! Anyways, after the game, we all stayed and had a fish-fry tailgate party with all the hush puppies, 'slaw and cheese grits you can eat! The boys were in charge this time, headed by my father-in-law, who is such an avid fisherman :-) They did an awesome job!!! Mom kept drinking wine and so by the end of it, she was wasted... LOL... She kept telling Rob and I to "pro-create" and give her lots of grandbabies... LOL... She is so hilarious. We couldn't stop laughing and all of our friends were joining in on the fun!!! What a great way to end a rather disappointing season... but the future holds great promises for the 'Noles... We'll have to wait another year!
Sunday was slow-paced... Thank goodness! We did a lot of cleaning, but it was great to just relax and stay home! We went back to work on Monday... and after work, Rob and I went to babysit the Maddoxes! We played so many games that we were both exhausted at the end of it... Well, we did have a great time with those kids (AGAIN)... Needless to say, we slept really well that night :-) We had Riccardo's for dinner last night with my family at my parents' house... And today, we had a slack day at work... My co-workers and I had so much fun decorating our office for Christmas!!! We finally have our Christmas tree up in the hallway and we hung garlands and wreaths in every corner... Tomorrow, I'm going to hang a stocking on my office door... I'm sure they'll stuff it with something good :-) Tonight, we're in dire need of supplies, so Rob and I are going grocery shopping... Well, the weekend's almost here again... so, until next time... have a good one!
posted by Kerstin Joy Walling | 11/29/2006 05:00:00 PM
1 Comments:
hi kerstin! yea! im so excited about the cruise..you guys will have a blast in may!! I think we should always go on the same vacations..haha! Where to next, after hawaii and the cruise? you and rob are so cute! I love all the pictures with him and the kids at thanksgiving!!
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