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

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I am keeping it short and sweet this morning. I will be MIA the rest of the week enjoying time with my famiy and friends. I want to wish everyone a blessed Thanksgiving and a safe holiday weekend.  I pray that as you sit down to enjoy your turkey dinner your heart is full. Each and every day is a blessing from God, and the centeral purpose of this celebration is to give Him thanks! I want to thank the Lord our Savior Jesus Christ for all of His blessings. I know my heart is overly full with Thanksgiving this year!  "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" Colossians 3:17 God Bless!

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

Back to Monday! Weekend Recap!

Well, unfortunately the lovely long weekend of family, friends, and food is over...So sad! It all flew by too quickly! I am thankful for all the wonderful memories, and for having that relaxing time to just BE with the family. We made it up north thankfully! We came home Thursday night to go out for Black Friday! It was my first time out, quite the experience. You can read about that HERE. 
Saturday we met up with our friends Jessie and Justin at a pet adoption. There were so many sweet animals that need homes! I can't wait until Sean and I can rescue a dog! Then we went to lunch at a Chinese buffet...YUMMY! After lunch we got to drive past their new home..super cute! Can't wait to help them move this upcoming weekend! Saturday night we helped our other friends move into their new home...we are also so excited for them! SO FUN! Afterwards we tried watching The Grinch, but I fell asleep right away!
Sunday we spent the afternoon with Sean's family! We had our 2nd Thanksgiving which was delicious! So nice and relaxing!  My mom also ordered us an area rug for when we move out! I LOVE IT! and those can get expensive! What do you think?!

I love the earth tones, it opens up so many possibilities for accent colors and stuff!
HAPPY NEWS! This is Sean's last week of college...Thursday is his last day ever and he will be done! I am sooooo proud of him, he has worked so hard, and come so far!! I LOVE this man with ALL MY HEART!
I hope you all enjoyed your long holiday weekend! Share with me some memories you made :)
Jamie Leigh