Back to Reality, Weekend Recap!

 

Well it is Monday. The long beautiful weekend filled with family, friends, and food is over. It is very hard for me to go back to reality. Back to getting up at 4:30am to go to work, not seeing my family as much, and about a 100% decline in the amount of rest and relaxation I get during the week. However, I am going to  take on this week on a postive note...27 days until Christmas, which means a whole 10 days off of work!

Before I recap this wonderful weekend, I must admit I was a horrible blogger and forgot my camera for the family get togethers...I am super bummed considering it was Sean and my first Thanksgiving as a married couple. Oh well, life goes on right?

Wednesday Sean and I went to dinner with my sister Jaclyn and our friend Jesse. Afterwards we met up with my older sister Jessica and her boyfriend Jory to celebrate his birthday! It was a blast!

Thursday was the big day! We spend Thanksgiving with Sean's family this year. There was a lot of laughs, eating, and catching up. It was a fun time! Afterwards we went to his parents house to pick up this:

My dad's snowmobile. It has been in storage for quite a while now at Sean's parents, so we are both very excited to have it home and ready to take out! I have a lot of great childhood memories riding this sled with my dad!

Friday we got up pretty early and headed out to get some black Friday shopping in. It actually wasn't too bad. I got a few gifts checked off the list, and we got our Christmas tree and all of the decorations for it at an amazing price! We also found Remi an ugly sweater for our upcoming ugly sweater party. She isn't too excited about it, but it's perfect!

Once we got home we instantly started on the tree!! It turned out beautiful!

Saturday we wasted the day away with Christmas music and movies, relaxing, eating, and indulging in time to just be! It was so wonderful!

Sunday we had a second Thanksgiving at Sean's brothers. The food here was amazing, we all stuffed ourselves until we couldn't anymore! We also got to spend some time with the newest addition the family, our nephew Keniston. He is so stinkin cute and growing up so fast!

I am so very thankful for such a perfect weekend. I hope all of yours were blessed and full of love! I am off to catch up on your blogs now :)

Jamie Leigh

Family

2 days, 2 days! Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, bread rolls, cranberrys, and pumpkin pie is just around the corner and I couldn't be more excited! Today I want to blog about the thing I am MOST thankful for..my family.  Family is the most important thing in my life hands down. I have a special bond with each and every person in my family. Lets start with my parents. My dad is the most kind person I know. He has always been supportive of my sisters and I 100%, and always encouraged us to be the best we can be! He is so patient, caring, and gentle hearted. I love you dad!! You are the most incredible dad and I can't be thankful enough I was blessed to be your daughter! 

My mom is one of my best friends. She has always been there for my sisters and I through thick and thin. Whether I need someone to cry on, laugh with, get advice from, or to just hang out with my mom is right there! She is the most generous woman I know, and I can only hope I am as good of a mom as her one day! I love you mom and feel so blessed to have you!

My sisters are A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Not many people can say they have 4 sisters that they are pretty much inseperable with. There is not one day that goes by that I don't talk to each of my sisters is some shape or form. They are all my best friends, and I know I will always have them to rely on in any given situation. I am so very thankful for my incredible sisters! I love you all!

Sean...he is perfect in every way. He is not only my husband but my BEST friend, my rock, my everything. A little rewind here...Sean and I met and started dating when we were 14. We have truly grown up together, made mistakes together, and made so many amazing memories that I will forever be thankful for. Even on my worst days he can make me smile, laugh, feel beautiful, and most of all never lets me forget how loved I am. He is simply amazing..words cannot even describe how thankful I am that God blessed me with my one and only so young. I love you babe!

I also want to say I am thankful for my extended famiy and all my great friends! I am seriously overwhelmed with Thanksgiving!

I will never be able to express my gratitude for the loved ones in my life. I will forever be thankful that God blessed me with such an incredible, loving family.

God Bless

Jamie Leigh



Thankful

What a lovely weekend. I hope all of you had a blessed weekend as well. With the holiday of Thanksgiving upon us I want to share things I was thankful for this weekend!

Friday we had some friends over. I am VERY thankful for my friends. They are all so loving, caring, and generous. Happy news! We got the invites out for the ugly sweater party. I am SO excited!

{In advanced, sorry for all the cell phone pics! I kept forgetting my camera this weekend!}

Saturday morning Sean, my mom, and I volunteered at the new church. I am thankful to be a part of such a wonderful experience. It is an amazing feeling to be helping to bring a place of worship to our community.

Saturday also brought Minnesota our first snow fall. I am not a fan of driving in it, or the extreme cold..however it is SO beautiful, which I am thankful for. This was Remi's first snow fall, and she loved it! She bounced around in it and just had a blast!

I was just LOVING her puppy paw prints :)

OH! and my mom got me a new center piece for my table! Thanks mom! Love you and I am SO very thankful for you!

Saturday evening we had a little date night in our cozy home. We ordered some dinner, and cuddled in to watch Water for Elephants which was SO good! This movie made showed me how lucky I am to have an amazing husband. I am incredibly thankful for Sean!

Sunday we went to church, grocery shopped,then spent the rest of the day doing stuff around the house, which I am thankful to have accomplished!

-Laundry

-Cleaning

-Baked Cookies

-Made ham, pickle, and cream cheese rolls (YUM)

-Listened to Christmas music

-Cooked dinner

-Endulged in my favortite Christmas candy!

One last thing I am thankful for today...a 3 day work week and a 4 day weekend!

Happy Monday Wednesday friends :)

Jamie Leigh

Thankful on a Thursday

I wanted to start by letting you all know I survived the oh so awful dentist! No cavities, however my wisdom teeth are coming in and need to be taken out! AWW I am a little nervous for this! Anyways, I am SO thankful that it is Thursday and tomorrow is the start of a weekend I have been very much anticipating! More on that tomorrow! Here is what I am thankful for today!
126. Spring Cleaning! I took some time this week to clean out my room. I was able to throw a lot, donate a lot, and I found A LOT of funny old memories! Some things are hard to part with but at the same time I don't want to just collect clutter...hmmm
127. Fruit! I have been LOVING fruit lately! So tasty!
128. The Snooze Button....it has been my best friend this week! 
129. Marriage Class! I have SO SO enjoyed sharing this with Sean! I can't wait until our next one :) Love you babe!
130. This song! I normally don't care too much for Pink, but this song has great meaning! Nobody's life is perfect, people make mistakes, and every one faces struggles. This song just gives you the strength to not let life's complications get you down.

"Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than, less than perfect,

pretty pretty please if you ever ever feel like your nothing you are perfect to me."

Thankful on a Thursday!

I am SO happy the weekend is almost here! This week surprisingly went by pretty quickly, which is always good :-) Here is what I am thankful for this week!

71. A relaxing weekend ahead! Sean and I have few plans this weekend, which I am very excited about!

72. The small warm up we are having! Today and tomorrow are suppose to be in the low 30's! This is going to feel warm compared to the freeze we have been in lately! Even though it will be short lived, I am going to enjoy it!

73. Cheap wedding invites!! My mom and I found an INCREDIBLE deal on invites this week!! I am so excited, and can't wait to get started assembling them!

74. Being done with homework for the week! I actually finished all my homework early! Wahoo!

75. My sweet, caring fiancé Sean....I don't know what I would do without him...he is definitely my other half. Each week he amazes me more and more!

Now I am looking for some advice from all my blogging friends.....

So now that we are a little over 7 months away from the wedding, Sean and I need to start forming our official wedding party. I have seen people make mistakes in the past regarding who they choose, and some really negative things happen. I don't want any of this to happen to me, but at the same time I want to include everyone....How many people do you think is the perfect size bridal party? How do you choose who to have and who not to have? ANY advice will be great!!!

Happy Thursday!

Jamie Leigh

How did I get so lucky?

So yesterday I was working on my computer and I hear a knock at the door....I go down to get it and its Sean! I was so excited to see him, he normally heads to work around the time I am getting off so this was a treat! Even better, he surprised me with lunch, my all time favorite soup that I have been craving the past couple days chicken wild rice soup! As I have said many times, Mondays are NOT my favorite...He definitely made my Monday 100 times better! It is crazy how the little things are often the ones that make the biggest difference! I sometimes wonder how I got so lucky to be blessed with such an incredible persons love, commitment, and devotion. I can't even express how thankful I am! 
I have a little update on our house hunt! Our Realtor got a call yesterday from the sellers agent saying she hoped we were hanging in there. The bank is moving slowly but surely on our offer...so its looking good! Hopefully our patience pays off! In the mean time we have been collecting and collecting stuff for when we finally move out! Sean specifically has been gathering things for his garage lol. My good friend and coworker just gave him something he was SO excited about....can't you just see how happy he is?

Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day!! 
Jamie Leigh