Gobble, Gobble!

Well turkey day is over..and it was a huge success.. we had our first thanksgiving dinner at White Oak, like every year.. it was wonderful.. the kids played football .. everyone had a good time and a full stomach. Friday we did our shopping.. got most of it done. We wern't able to buy a Wii it's just too much money.. the boys got some clothes and the older boys wanted new shoes. Sunday I made my thanksgiving meal..and the turkey was beautiful.. I should of taken a picture.. golden brown and so very juicy and tender. All the sides were great..and I made a cherry crisp that was out of this world!! I took hand picked pecans and roasted them with cinnamon sugar and light corn syrup.. gave it a little crunch.. perfect. :) The decorations are up and we are full of holiday spirit. :)

Almost done...

Well its almost 12 and I am waiting to leave work for the day.. they are supposed to let us go at 2pm.. I sure hope so. I have so much to do, baking, cleaning.. going to the bank. UGH! The house is decorated and looks so good.. The Christmas lights really look good. I want to buy a few new ornaments like I do every year. We've got to find a new tree topper.. having trouble with that. All is going well.. looking forward to our big shopping dayyyyy.. :) Hope we are able to find some good deals.. they have a side by side fridge at best buy for 599. I wanna look at it and see if it might work.. that's a lot of money thou.. so who knows.

Monday...

Well I am having to work and the rest of my crew is camping .. Tim took them (with the other Jr. Deputy's) to the wilderness camp.. they have a whole bunch of fun activities planned. They should have a lot of fun. I'm getting a lot done at work.. it's been pretty quiet. The campus is closed but we still have to work.. at least during the Christmas holidays I get off AND get paid.. yay! :) Trying to figure out what I want to make to bring for Thanksgiving.. We always have a big pot luck with Tim's family and extended family. Always a lot of fun and a LOT of food.. lol
Think I'll make some banana bread tonight and bring to work tomorrow.. Have some really ripe bananas I need to use.

Yay! It's Friday :) It's been a pretty good week.. I think we are finally done with everyone being sick..which I am glad they've all had it, now I don't have to worry about it..and they can have a nice break from school.. We get a whole week off this year.. but I have to work at the College M-Wed. But oh-well.. at least it will be quiet and I can get finals done. My sweet hubby bought me my Christmas present early.. I got my UGG's!! They are the slip on's (clog style) they are super cute and super comfy!! I love them!! So worth the money.. really. I do a lot of walking and I don't want to take these off! :) Thanksgiving will be at White Oak, like every year ..but black Friday we are taking the boys and they will draw one name (all 4 boys) and shop for that brother. They are super excited.. we are going to Destin and see The Christmas Carol w/Jim Carrey. It is supposed to be good. :) I can't wait!!

Cobie is sick now.. looks like no one is immune.. he hasn't had it as bad as the other three.. hopefully it will remain mild and he can return to school tomorrow. I picked him up early from school yesterday and Tim is staying home with him today. Trying to stay on top of everything at work.. had a few bumps.. hopefully I will start getting better.
Last night I made hamburger steaks/gravy rice and peas. It was really good and the boys all had a lot to eat. I found these Hawaiian sweet rolls sliced , like mini sandwiches. They are super good! Boars head chicken was on sale so I was able to buy a pound and that was the best sandwich I have had in a long time. I brought one to work with me today.
The other boys are doing well.. .. my husband said something to me about being a personal assistant..jokingly of course.. but that's exactly what I feel like I am to my kids.. especially my teenager.. with all his school work , band, scouts.. we have tried to buy him all these planners, schedulers, it doesn't make a difference if he won't write in it!! ugggghhh...

Well the weekend came and went quickly..as usual. Logan started feeling better Sunday. We went to church and had good meetings. The house is decorated.. I will take some pictures and post them soon.
Tim is almost done with his shop..it looks really good. He is turning into a real handyman!! Yay! :) Going to the gym this afternoon.. I have not been going lately..I went Saturday and realized how much I missed it.. Looking for some new furniture.. really want leather.. ive been pricing it.. not cheap. A loveseat is around 1100.00 Think I will keep looking.

Down with the sickness

Well, it has hit number 3.. Logan has a fever now.. Hopefully it will stop with him. This has been a crazy week..the boys were out of school Tuesday because of the "hurricane" (when it got to us, it was light light rain and some wind), then they had Wednesday off because of Veteran's Day.. so they have had a pretty short week. Don't have anything out for supper.. I'm all out of main courses.. need to go to the grocery store. I think I feel like making a spiral ham.. they have them at the grocery outlet pretty cheap..like 1.29 a pound. That's really good. Then we can eat off it all weekend.
Work has been pretty busy..I had to take Thurs. off w/ Jacob at home.. hopefully I won't need to use up anymore time. Trying to save it for a spring vacation!

Ugh, It's a Monday!

Well we have a hurricane coming our way.. the good news is that it's November. So if we loose power for a few hours at least we won't roast. The boys are excited about maybe school closing tomorrow. We'll see. We had a good weekend.. we were able to catch up on our rest and chores and Austin is feeling much better. He has a lot of work to catch up on though. Logan spent the weekend with his gradparents. They did a good job of spoiling him, letting him choose where to go out to eat and letting him do some shopping. The boy pulled off straight A's in advance classes! We were so proud of him.. ended up buying him a cell phone too. I hope he is able to keep it up. Tonight we are having our FHE and I am preparing a turkey for supper with all the fixin's. I love cooking!

Finally Friday!!

Well Friday is finally here.. Time for the weekend! Work has been pretty steady.. but not too busy. This week was a tough one.. with all that happened in scouts, but I'm ready to move past it. I'm still trying to figure out this site.. and how to post my playlist.
I can't believe it is November already.... Next month should be fun. We aren't traveling this year, which I think will be nice. I am ready just to stay at home and be lazy.
Cleaned the house from top to bottom last weekend. I am going to start going through my Christmas decorations.. I'm ready!! We are doing lights on the outside of the house this year.. first time ever!! We are excited!! :)

breaking news...

well, not really breaking news.. but it did grab your attention! lol
Austin is still sick.. running fever. I called the doc, but they haven't called back. Want them to call in a prescription of Tamaflu..but they will probably want to see him first.
Scouts ( our court of honor) was a big disappointment, we might be looking for a new troop. Logan needs a supportive leader and one that urges him to succeed. I am not bitter, but I just want the best for all of my sons. I am not willing to give up on this..
Life is flying by.. This year is almost gone! I can't wait for Black Friday.. Tim and I love to go elbow to elbow with the crowds.. eat breakfast out and find good deals. It's been a tradition almost as long as we've been married.

Very first blog!

This is my very first blog.. how exciting! I thought this would be a good way to start to journal.. we will see how it goes.

I will try and post as much as possible. Not sure how all of this works, .. be patient with me!