Happy Thanksgiving

I think Thanksgiving came early this year...maybe not but it sure seems like that. Where has this year gone? At least this has been a better year than last =)

First things first this week. Leroy and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! That was the best and easiest decision I ever made. Never once have I gone "why did I get married?".....it's awesome to be married to your best friend because I know so many people end up in divorce. He completely surprised me at work by bringing these to me himself. See I'm usually upstairs at work but this month I'm down in the lobby so he got to come and see me and we had an awesome lunch together. I don't know where 8 years has gone, it seems like yesterday we got married and were both sick on our honeymoon.

Now on to Thanksgiving 2 days after our anniversary....Danae made this super cute Indian costume at school, Derrick had a pilgrim one but he didn't feel like posing for me.
Here is our yummy bird. And guess what?! I actually cooked it all the way this year! Yup, after 7 previous attempts at cooking turkeys, this one came out completely done with no pink. I think my problem was I never thawed it completely and there was always a little bit of ice. Not this year, I followed Butterball's tips tricks and ideas and did it! So proud of myself. Now to get some rest before we go out at midnight for those awesome Black Friday deals at Walmart =)

Yes, I'm finally on the blog again

Hey whaddya know, we are still alive! I've just been lazy about blogging. I like seeing my kids more than I like typing about them, I know, crazy huh?! While getting things for Thanksgiving I realized that maybe I should show Halloween pics before Thanksgiving gets here. Here they are! This was the first year since 2008 I got to decorate for Halloween. With more space, I got to get everything I could find and put it out. There are still A LOT of things we couldn't find though. But after 2 moves in 2 years I think we did pretty good. We had Spiderman and Princess Cinderella this year. We trick-or-treated around the neighborhood (along with the rest of Fillmore) for about an hour and then the kids were exhausted. For the last half block all we heard was "my feet hurt Mom" "can you carry my candy Dad"....we all were glad to see home again.




We also had our first parent teacher conferences of the year. Both kids are doing great in their studies. Both right on track and Derrick above level on reading! Danae surprised us and is doing great, she even surprised her teacher which is so cool.

Leroy is still fighting pain and I'm still fighting with customers but we are still here and getting ready to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary on the 23rd. THE best decision I ever made was to ignore everyone and get married....I haven't regretted a day and am happier everyday =)