Holiday Festivities

On the 21st we went to Bridge street to see the tree be lit. We got there late, but there were still carolers and other fun stuff. It was frigid that night!
I forgot to take pictures during our actual Thanksgiving dinner, but I did get pictures of Jarom saving Addie's balloon from the tree. She loves balloons. Sometimes loves them until they pop. Luckily none have yet exploded in her face, only slow leakers.


Addie ate a ridiculous amount of food, a little of everything. We had such a huge feast. Mom and I split up the meal and Jarom cooked the turkey. The turkey was SO good this time. Jarom cooked it perfectly and had injected it with cajun butter seasoning and covered the outside with cajun seasoning. Yum. He also made some incredible cranberry dessert bars. I am not a huge cranberry fan, but whew, these were YUMMY! We had tested them at Williams Sonoma so Jarom HAD to buy the stupid $11 jar of cranberry orange relish, but it was tasty! Jarom is really quite the chef.



Black Friday we went shopping at 10 AM. We had planned on getting out earlier but stayed up too late the night before, but we shopped until 5:30. I got almost all of my Christmas shopping done, woohoo!

All of us at the tree farm after finding two perfect trees!

Searching for the right tree, its serious business!

Us with our tree that is obviously better than Mom and Dads... hehehe We also went on our 2nd annual Haynie/Woody Christmas tree search at Valley Christmas Tree farm. We have an artificial tree but Jarom liked the idea of a real tree so last year he drug me all over that farm as I waddled behind, a few days before I had Addie, so this year was much more fun! We used to go as kids every year and it was such a blast, so I'm glad Addie will get to have the same tradition. We were in competition with Mom and Dad for the best tree ever and in my opinion, we won! I love our tree. It is beautiful! A 7 foot White Pine. It barely fits in our house, but its gorgeous! The hunt for the tree is really the best part of the whole tree process and we've missed out the rest of the years with our fake tree, so this year it remains in the attic.


Jarom cutting down our treeThis coming Saturday is the Christmas Parade, next weekend the luminaries and church festival, then all of the Haynie's will be here! I'm getting more and more like Mom each year. I LOVE Christmas!

Oh and in case anyone feels generous this is my outrageous Christmas list.... HAH! (I'm hoping one of you that read this is secretly insanely rich and kind). :)

-bluetooth installed in my car so it comes through the radio

-Nikon D90

-car charger and case for my new Samsung Behold. (this phone is stinking awesome)

-itunes

-shirts/skirts/dresses

-black tommy purse at marshalls like my brown one

-another pair of those brown shoes I got from Target that I love!

-one of those wallets that hold a checkbook too

-at least a one carot flawless diamond ring and earrings to match would be nice...

-refinish the hardwood in the guest bedroom

-dog run in the backyard

A girl can dream right?!