Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. We went over to mom's and enjoyed her traditional home cookin'- needless to say, everything was delicious. Kurt and I just happened to stop by the next day right at lunch time to "help out" with the leftovers, too.

This past weekend was a busy one for Kurt, though I mostly sat and watched. He finished painting Anna's new room and put all the trim back up. I wasn't allowed to help paint, something about fumes being bad for pregnant ladies, but now I can start setting up the room to move Anna into it. We're planning for her to move after Christmas, so that she can get settled in her new room before the baby is born. Kurt did a wonderful job and it looks great. Every day Anna has to go and see "purple doors" before she can come down in the morning. She loves it!

We also got to visit with Cari and Cathy this weekend, which was so great. I miss the cousins! Anna took to them almost immediately, but it may have had something to do with the bribery they brought along; a small and very friendly puppy dog, Perry. It was love at first lick, needless to say.

Now that Thanksgiving is past, we're starting to get really excited for the Christmas holiday this year. Both my brothers are coming out to visit, as well as Kurt's sister Monica and her husband, Chad, and son, Ryan. Every evening it seems that more houses in our neighborhood have up their holiday lights and Anna LOVES to go for evening drives and point out all the different colors.

Time to go pick out my cookie recipes for the holiday cookie exchange this year! Tis the season to eat yummy treats! I need to get Aunt Juanita's monkey pull-apart bread recipe, too....