Thanksgiving and Such

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. Whether you celebrated with friends, family or went out and braved the crowds. We had a low key day that consisted of lounging around, food and football. It was really nice.

We, of course had to take a family selfie. Fishy was less than thrilled as you can tell. :)

For once I didn't go overboard when it came to food, it was a simple meal and we aren't inundated with a ridiculous amount of leftovers. Enough for turkey salad sandwiches and turkey and dumplings.

Dessert was my favorite this year (I ended up not making the grasshopper pie because there were a few ingredients I couldn't find), I made a chocolate cream pie and it's amazing!!! I am certain this will not last very long in this house.

 

Today we will be putting up our Christmas decorations, as with any move we always have to make a game plan as to where everything is going to go. Some decorations won't get used because we simply do not have the room. I can't wait to see how it all turns out.

We have plans to get all of our Christmas shopping done this weekend so I can get everything shipped to family next week. I get lunch at Panera so there are no complaints from me.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

Can't beat a morning of football...OPS Group Turkey Bowl!

and

An impromptu date night! 

It was a good Tuesday!

Out With The Old, In With The New!

Before we even left El Paso I was chomping at the bit to get a new dining room table. We weren't able to sell our current one so on to Louisiana with us it went. I put our table on craigslist last week and low and behold it sold! I started to panic when I realized that we wouldn't have a table for Thanksgiving unless we bought a new one right away haha.

We went to the same place we bought our couch at and found this awesome table. It has everything we wanted, the lazy susan and storage on the bottom. Plus it can be either round or square.

We got a great deal on it and I couldn't be happier! 

Have a great Tuesday!

Another Weekend Gone

Saturday morning we once again headed down to Lake Charles for a race. It was a Turkey Trot 5k put on by the local rotary club and we had a good time. I have never run on grass before and it was interesting, it was a beautiful area but boy was it humid. I knew I wasn't going to get a PR at this race especially since I had just gotten over being sick.

Kyle however did amazing and placed 2nd in his age group! He was legitimately surprised because there were a lot of fast runners out there. We had a great time and are looking forward to the Cajun Country Half Marathon in Lafayette in 3 weeks.

Sunday was a lazy football watching day...I did however make these amazing baked cinnamon sugar donuts (recipe is from Ina Garten) and they were to die for! Yum!

Today starts the last week of my current classes, I am so ready to be done with this statistics class it is slowly making me crazy. However, December 1st 5 new classes begin! Let the fun continue. 

I hope you all had a great weekend.

It Was The Hot Chocolate

There is one thing in my 29 years of life that I have never had....food poisoning. I can't say that anymore. Tuesday morning I woke up feeling awful, the worst upset stomach and my head was spinning. I could barely walk downstairs let alone have the lights on, it was brutal. Kyle came home for lunch and did his best to take care of me but nothing was helping. I was burning up and wanted to keep my head under the blanket all day. 

Wednesday rolled around and it was same feeling, I had no idea what was wrong and even took a pregnancy test to see if that was reason. Nope no such luck. Then I get a text from my friend Jenn who I had met up with at Starbucks on Monday. She asked if I had the hot chocolate because she had felt crappy Monday night....the answer was YES! Process of elimination means it was a form of food poisoning, my best guess is that the milk they used was bad. 

All of the yuck is out of my system thankfully and I feel back to normal.

Thanks Starbucks (while this does not deter me from getting my unsweetened black tea), I will no longer be getting getting hot chocolate. It was the worst I have ever felt in my life. I'm so happy to be feeling better, I didn't want to miss out on running the Turkey Trot 5k this weekend.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Sisterly Love

Today is another really special birthday, my sister Lisa's. She is hands down the best sister that I could have ever hoped for. Yes, growing up she and I didn't always see eye to eye but she is my best friend.

When our Mom died she took on a lot of burden and since then has been not only my sister but a wonderful Mother figure as well. I look to her for advice and she is always there for me no matter what. I can't wait for her to live close again. She is one of the kindest, sweetest, understanding and just overall amazing person. 

Happy Birthday, Lisa. I love you more than you know.

This photo perfectly sums up our relationship haha. :)

She is the best!

Birthday Wishes

Today, our precious niece Kylie turns 8 years old. She has brought so much joy into our lives and there is not a day that goes by that I don't think about her and miss her. I am so grateful for the relationship that I (and Kyle) have with her.

She is funny, spunky, stubborn, smart, kind, and overall one of the most amazing girls. I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday and since that day she has continued to inspire and amaze me.

I hope she always knows how much her Uncle Kyle and I love her.

Happy Birthday, sweet pea!

We can't wait to see her in January!