Scrabble anyone??

Over the Thanksgiving weekend we played a lot of scrabble. Regular scrabble, speed scrabble, and lets see if we can use all the letters from 2 sets and make long words scrabble. We had a lot of fun and I also learned some new words.



Also, wanted to thank Drew for his visit. We had a great time with you buddy! You are welcome back anytime!

Cold, wet, and bad football

So the Dawgs lost to GA Tech....what a crappy Saturday! We went to the UGA game with Drew and braved the cold and rain to watch the game in Stanford Stadium. Sadly we lost and unfortunately for us we could have stayed home in the warmth of our own home to watch the game on TV but we didn't. Oh well....I guess we cant win them all right?


Don't you just love our red and green ponchos?!?! :)

Success!

Well I have to say I think my first turkey ended up being a success! :) It was tasty and not dried out so I was pretty happy! The whole meal was great (and we have a TON of leftovers to feed us for the next week!) and we had great company! Eric's cousin Drew came to visit us from Alabama. Drew is from Iowa but is currently workin hard in Birmingham. We are so happy to have him here for the weekend....we always love company! Well here are some pictures of the food...(I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well folks, today is my first Thanksgiving where I am cooking a turkey. I am a little worried it wont turn out good....but it cant be that hard right? I will post more about my cooking experiences later. Until then....have a great turkey day!!

Round 2!!!

Today I decided to tackle all of the leaves that have been piling up in our yard. I know our neighbor Wayne was happy about it....why do I know? Because he told me. Yes our neighbor told me he was glad I was raking because all of our leaves blow into his leaf-less yard. Gotta love neighbors :)
Anyways....It took me about 2 hours to rake/blow all the leaves into the woods behind our house. I took pictures again to illustrate how many leaves I raked up today...


This next pile, believe it or not, went up to my waist :)


And here is a picture of our massive Oak tree that wont drop its leaves for a little longer...

BTW....I did do all the raking by myself....why you ask? Because my hubby was playing golf....oh yes he was...

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Just wanted to say Happy 31 years to my mom and dad....cant wait to see you over Christmas!!

Getting Ready for Christmas.....

So I am geared up for Christmas this year!! In about a month we will be in beautiful Minnesota for Christmas with our families...we are super excited! I have already started purchasing gifts for my family and friends and cant wait to get more! Here are some pics from our Christmas last year to get you in the mood... :)

So You Think You Can Dance Tour!!!

OK So I was waiting for this night for a LONG time! My friend Bethany and I decided to buy tickets to the SYTYCD tour and it was AWESOME!!! I wish we were a little closer to the stage, but it was still really good! I really wanted to meet the dancers at the end, but I had to go to work the next day (BUMMER!) so we didn't stick around for the meet and great. Here are some pics from the show...FOR REAL!

Round 1!!!

This afternoon we tackled what seems like a small amount of leaves in our front yard. Our first year in our house we were very unprepared for the amount of leaves that drop in our tiny little front yard. Since then, we have learned to start early with the raking. It went by fast but it is unbelievable the amount of leaves we raked up and the amount of leaves still on the trees behind our house...I am sure we have a few more rounds to go! Right now....Helleloids = 1, Leaves = 0.

Just a reminder to everyone...please vote tomorrow!!! :)

Black Rock Mountain

Saturday morning we got up bright and early to drive up to North Georgia to go hiking in Black Rock Mountain State Park. The drive was beautiful with all the fall leaves and we even stopped at Tallulah Gorge to look out over the cliffs. When we got to Black Rock Mtn. we picked up a map and headed out on the Tennessee Rock Trail. The going was easy (we were mostly going down) but we quickly realized the trip back up the mountain was going to be a doozey! Everything was beautiful....the leaves everywhere, the 100s of Rhododendron plants everywhere, the small streams to the lake we rested at for lunch. It was a great...until we started going up the mountain...man that was hard! Today my legs are aching in places I didn't know they could ache!! It was all worth it though...Eric and I had a great time getting away together and enjoying the outdoors! Here are some of my fav pics from the day...

Happy (belated) Halloween!

Hope you had a great Halloween! We had very few trick-or-treat'ers so it was pretty uneventful for us....except for me, falling down the stairs trying to get the door for some little kids...yeah that was fun :) Well, here are a picture of me and Eric's pumpkins...

Mine...


Eric's....Go Dawgs!