You read that title correctly, let’s rewind back to November because I can’t let this year come to an end without documenting all of the things that happened in November.
I think I last left with you with our Saturday in Tuscaloosa. The following weekend we traveled to Auburn to watch the Tigers take on Georgia. It marked the first football game for both BK and Jud, we made it through half-time which was pretty good considering Judson only wanted to eat the food from the people around us. BK cheered loudly throughout the game, she was definitely the loudest in our section many times.
My birthday rolled around and I celebrated 29 years with Chinese takeout and a caramel cake, along with our favorite neighbors and my parents. Don’t worry, I basically celebrated all month long, birthdays are a great excuse to indulge in a few wants.
Judson had his first MDO Thanksgiving program. Did I mention he goes to MDO once a week while I work in the office? My job is part-time and mostly from home, but I do go into the office once a week, and he is just thriving at MDO. I love seeing the little crafts he brings home and hearing about his day from his teacher. I also love that it gives him the opportunity to interact with other children his age.
The weekend before Thanksgiving, we traveled to Gatlinburg with my parents, my brother and his fiance. We seriously had so much fun, and have plenty of selfies to prove it to you!
We hit it up some of our favorite restaurants and caught a show and dinner at Dixie Stampede. We tried our hand at ice skating, and did a little shopping downtown, mainly candy shopping. If you ask BK, her favorite part was the arcade, we had to go twice and she loved every minute of poking quarters into the machines to win tickets.
We’re always amazed by snow, we get so little snow each year, so it’s always a fun and exciting thing to see. I know, if you get tons of snow, you aren’t amused at all. On the other hand, we were excited to hear that we would see a little snow and took a trip up the mountain to see. It did not disappoint, the trees covered in ice and snow were nothing short of spectacular and BK was convinced we were in a forest of Arrendale.
We spent a morning at the aquarium before exploring downtown a bit more. It probably took double the time since BK is reading like champ and insisted on reading all of the signs to us to enlighten us with loads of trivia about the aquatic life. Or in some cases, the not so aquatic life. Just ask us about the coconut crab, largest terrestrial arthropod, and it’s ability to officially freak this mama out.
We came home just in time to get our house in order and groceries purchased for Thanksgiving dinner. Oh, and did I mention that our turkey disguised as TinkerBell successfully made it through the holiday without ending up on the diner table?
The night before Thanksgiving we have dinner with Allen’s family, it’s always a fun time! We were also still high on the selfie stick, as you can see.
We moved right on to Thanksgiving at our house on Thanksgiving Day. We host our parents, grandparents, and tons of other family and friends. It’s always a great time and full house. We’re never short on food or laughs.
And how precious were these two on Thanksgiving? There’s a whole lot to be thankful for sitting right there on the steps!
Thanks for indulging me on my trek through November, even though I’m a complete month behind.
Sarah Shaneyfelt says
I just found your blog and see that you’re from Alabama–so am I! Although we go for opposing teams haha! Love your November!
Sarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts