A Thanks Filled Weekend

I'm just going to lay it out there today and say that I am absolutely 100% exhausted today. However, it's not from the hustle and bustle of a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  It's from trying to escape the earthquakes I kept dreaming about last night....Word to the wise: If you would like to watch the movie San Andreas, watch it because it's a really great movie.  However.  If you are like me and tend to have vivid dreams about after watching movies that tend to be adrenaline-inducing (action-packed, scary, etc.), do NOT watch this movie right before bed.  I woke up in the middle of the night exhausted from running in my sleep and scolded myself for letting that movie get to me, but it didn't help because I went right back to dreaming about earthquakes. =(

We had an absolutely fantastic Thanksgiving weekend that was jam packed with family, delicious food and so much fun! Eric started the long weekend cooking 7 of the 11 turkeys he had to fry this year, needless to say our kitchen sink looked like the frozen meat aisle at the grocery store.  My BIL, SIL and nephew arrived Wednesday and my SIL and I spent most of the day cooking for Thanksgiving. Eric fried fish that night and we had a crew over to eat fish tacos.  Thankfully the night didn't go to late because we were up and ready for Turkey Day the next morning.  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with Eric's family, that [of course] included entirely too much food.

One of my most favorite smells in the entire world...fried turkey =)

Clockwise from top left: 1) Our Thanksgiving spread. It was enormous as you can see and everything was delicious!  The there were a couple of platters on the stove behind Eric, too. Eric and I were talking that night and we could not think of a single thing that was missing from our spread.  2) Our dessert table included Buttermilk Pie, Pecan Pie, Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Butter Cake, Lemon Coconut Cake, and Pineapple Upside Down Cake. And yes they were all amazing.  3) The obligatory Thanksgiving plate photo (this was plate #1). 4) The most delectable Thanksgiving leftover sandwich, complete with turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing....yes stuffing. I've eaten 3 so far and will probably polish off another one tonight. #noshameinmyleftoversgame

We washed our meal down with Apple Cider Mimosas and were really excited about it (as if you couldn't tell).

My SIL and I decided to venture out Black Friday shopping on Friday morning. Neither one of us had anything major on our lists, and as luck would have it we both found what we were looking for as soon as we walked in to the first store. Thank you J.C. Penney's for having a great sale on boots and for having several pairs of larger sizes left!  [I'm looking at you, Belk's.] We figured we found what we were looking for so quickly anything else we bought would be bonus.  We hit up 2 different malls and were back home before noon. To be honest I think we spent the longest amount of time in Penney's trying to find $5 worth of something so we could get a $20 off coupon.

Saturday was the Iron Bowl, so we put together some delicious hors d'oeuvres that morning and  footballed all afternoon. Alabama pulled out a win, and half of the crowd at our house was happy, the other half was sad they lost the game, and one guy was beside himself because we had a $2/square football board and had Derrick Henry not scored Alabama's last touchdown with less than 30 seconds to go in the game he would have won $80.

 Leaf piles are the best when you're 1 year old, in case you didn't know.

I am so glad we got to spend a few days with these guys (plus our husbands who were in the woods when we decided to have this little photoshoot, but I promise they were around all weekend.) =)

See?  Little man was loving sitting on his own little perch with the big boys!

We were up early again on Sunday as my BIL, SIL, and nephew headed back home.  After they left I had every intention of cleaning up the house and getting things back in order, but the night before I was informed about the Hallmark Channel's Christmas movies by my SIL and a couple of friends, so I decided to see what they were talking about.  6 hours later I had watched 3 fantastic movies and had only dusted because the majority of the dusting was in the living room where I could watch movies. I ended up forcing myself out of the chair around 3:30pm and managed to walk the dogs twice, wash my car, and finish cleaning the house before 6pm.  I can only imagine how productive I could have been had I not watched movies all day. This is why I don't watch movies....they suck me in and I get absolutely NOTHING done. The purpose of cleaning was so we could go get a CHristmas tree but that didn't happen Sunday, but hopefully we will have one in our possession before the end of the week (or before Costco runs out). I know what I'll be doing this coming weekend!