All Tuckered Out

The past few days have been very busy and we are all tuckered out! Especially Milo for some reason, I think he's still getting used to all the holiday hustle and bustle.


Thanksgiving was great! I had the menu all planned out (Turkey Breast, Green Bean Casserole, Corn Casserole, Cheddar Biscuits, Pumpkin Cookies) and everything was appropriately timed, so it came out of the oven at the right time. I couldn't believe how well it worked out! The neighbors and their kids came over and we ate until we were stuffed. By the time we got it all put away and the dishes cleaned up, it was time to eat dinner! I couldn't believe how fast the day went!

Milo checking out the remnants of our Thanksgiving dinner

Black Friday, we went to Target at a reasonable hour and picked up a Christmas Tree and all the fixin's. It's our first Christmas together, so we only had a handful of decorations, and now we have a few more. We had a great time setting up the tree and icicle lights while talking with Joe's brother on Skype!

Poor Milo had no clue what was going on and wanted to check out everything! (And yes, we have a fake tree, I'm not paying crazy amounts of money for a Christmas tree in Hawaii, no thank you!)

Joe (and Milo, I swear he sneaks into every shot!) setting up the icicle lights. Thank goodness, I have a tall husband!

Our tree and stockings.

It feels a little weird to already have decorated for Christmas. Since I live in Hawaii and don't have four seasons, I have a hard time realizing that it is the end of November and Christmas will soon be upon us. Joe wanted to make sure we had decorated appropriately, so we would have a good long time to remember to celebrate! Christmas, we are ready, bring it on (well except for the gifts part, haven't really quite gotten that part taken care of yet!!)

I woke up to cloudy skies! :) I ♥ overcast skies and rainy days! Not only is it raining and cool outside but as an extra bonus Joe unexpectedly has the day off. Lounging and movies with my love, the perfect day! Love it!

Happy Wednesday Friends!!

52 days until Christmas!

There are about 4,857 miles between me and the ones that I love. It's the little things like phone calls and Skype shopping sessions with my mom and e-mails that make the distance seem so much smaller. I am always on the lookout for new ways to help stay connected with my family and friends. While plane tickets may be my favorite :), with the holidays coming up, I have been scouring the net for fun and creative Christmas cards to document the year we've spent in Hawaii and to send a little Aloha to those who may not be able to visit anytime soon. I've found a ton at Shutterfly which is great since all of their holiday cards are 20% off right now! I originally thought the hard part would be finding a picture, now I'm thinking it might be more difficult to pick which card I want! Friends, you just may see one of the following show up in your mailbox this Christmas! I can't decide - I'm leaning towards this one, but I also like this and this one too! I love being able to personalize the cards and share fun & meaningful events that are specific to our family and I'm not stuck with just using one photo, I can include a whole bunch!

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Weekend Festivities

Holy cow, I can't believe it's November already! Time sure does fly when you're having fun! And boy did have fun this weekend! Saturday, Joe surprised me by taking me to Sports Authority where we bought gear to play tennis!! I was so excited, I'm not good at tennis but I sure do have fun trying! We had such a great time, we've played three times in the past two days!
Sunday, was church followed by lunch and watching Mercy. We played some tennis, then got dressed up for the Halloween festivities.
This was the first year that I've had kids come trick-or-treating and boy did we have a ton! We were not prepared and ran out of candy fast. I sent Joe out for more candy and he came back with Hershey Kisses - it was the only candy the store had. I felt bad, we were the lamest house on the block. It was so cute to see all the kids dressed up! We then went out with our neighbor's kids and had such a great time meeting other neighbors and seeing their kids enjoy the festivities.


This weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in such a long time and there are so many things happening in the next few months that I am looking forward to as well!