6 years & Thanksgiving

On November 19th, Jarom and I celebrated 6 years of marriage! Jarom once said that if Garth Brooks ever came out of retirement, he'd LOVE to go see one of his concerts. So when I saw that Garth was doing a charity concert for the Nashville flood victims I got super excited and ordered us some tickets! So next weekend (Dec. 17) we'll head up to Nashville for an overnight stay at the Opryland Hotel (all decked out for Christmas) and the Garth Brooks concert! Jarom's gift to me was the overnight stay and flowers (I had to tell him in advance that we'd be going out of town for the evening so he could schedule his day off for that day). I knew I couldn't leave Livy for that long since I nurse her, so we'll be toting along both kids, and I've ordered them both pink ear protection muffs so the music won't be too loud for them.

On our anniversary we couldn't find a sitter, so we just took the kids and went out to Bridgestreet for the tree lighting ceremony but got there late, so we ate dinner at Smokehouse (the original plan was Conners but they had a 2 hour wait), walked around, and got cookies from Great American Cookie Company and stopped at Sonic on the way home for spiced hot chocolate. Addie also met Santa at Smokehouse (he was walking around all the restaurants after the tree ceremony). She was super excited!

The next week was Thanksgiving! One of my favorite times of the year! We had lunch at Mom's.

Thanksgiving 2010 Menu:

• Turkey-prepared by Jarom in our Electrolux oven. I love the "perfect turkey" option... it truly does cook the turkey to perfection!
• rolls-I totally chinced out on this one and bought frozen Sis Schubert rolls, but they are so good!
• cranberry sauce-Mom
• sweet potato casserole-Mimmie
• green beans-Mimmie sure can make some amazing beans!
• strawberry pretzel salad- Mom makes a divine one!
• dressing-Mom
• mashed potatoes-Mom
• deviled eggs-me
• creamed corn-Bob
• broccoli and cheese-Mom
• cheeseball and crackers-Mom-Oh my heck good!!
• pumpkin pie-Mimmie
• Pecan pie- Aunt Pam-MMM! So good!
• Chocolate pie-Mimmie-of course it was amazing!
• candy bar brownies-Mom
• soda-Mawmaw (she was so proud to have remembered to buy a caffeine free soda for my little family!)

Dinner was SO GOOD! After dinner poor Katie (who was sick with walking pneumonia we found out after) went upstairs to rest, Scott and Jarom napped, Bob watched football, Mom, Aunt Pam, Mimmie, and Addie played puzzles, Mawmaw relaxed, and Dad and I shopped online for titanium cookware for his backpacking trips.

We followed up with dessert at Alisha's. I made a cream cheese pie but our husbands decided they wanted ice cream and took a trip to the store so we had ice cream too.

I gave Livy a teeny tiny taste of mashed potatoes and ice cream... she seemed to like both! Addie didn't eat a ton of dinner, but certainly finished all of her dessert! The girl loves some chocolate! It was a great day and we enjoyed leftovers the next day! YUM!

Livy napping after a big lunch, haha