Giving Thanks!

We went to my parent's house for Thanksgiving.  We had a great time, and I did most of the cooking, with the help of Jill and David.  We missed my two brother n laws that celebrated Thanksgiving elsewhere.

About to eat!

I made my first turkey!  Although, it was a little too dry.

David made his own dessert

My 97 year old grandmother was able to come up for the day.

David did a lot of this while we were there!

Yes, we did make a gingerbread house.  I can't understand why David didn't want to contribute, so he took pictures.

On Thursday night, or Friday morning, at 12 am, my dad, David and I went out to some black Friday sales.  The stores were INSANE.  It was impossible for us to find parking and every store was so crowded it was uncomfortable.  We went to Wal-Mart, Target, Kohls, and drove by Best Buy.  Even after opening at midnight, Best Buy was so crowded that there was a line around the entire outside of the store. 

As always, it was hard to leave.  Holidays go by so quickly and it's always hard to say goodbye.  We had a great Thanksgiving!

It all went down!

We finally got our wood floors installed on Saturday!  They are in the formal living room and dining room.  We were not sad to see the carpet go. 

Here are some before and after pictures of the formal living room.  This room will eventually be our office, that is why there is nothing in there, because we have nothing to put in there yet:)

The wood was delivered on Wednesday



Starting to remove the carpet!



What a difference!

I can't wait to get furniture in this room!

On to the dining room!

Almost all the furniture is out!

Carpet is gone

New Floors!

Ready for Thanksgiving!

My First 5k!!

I ran my first 5k this morning!  My time was 34:37, which I realize for "runners" isn't great, but for me it was!  It was so cold outside this morning, but as soon as I got going, I warmed up.  The race was for Girls on Track.  David was a good sport and got out of bed at 6:30 to go watch me and take pictures.  I feel inspired now and can't wait to run another race. 

                                                                       Before the race

I did it!

Just finished!



Go Hokies!!!

Last night we went to the Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Tech game.  We had such a great time, but it was FREEZING.  The hokies won, which made it even more fun.  After taking the Marta downtown, we ate the Varsity, which was packed, and then went to the stadium.  Our seats were decent and luckily in the Virginia Tech section.  The final score was 37-26.  We got home around midnight, which for me was late, seeing as I am usually in bed by 9pm;)  But, the hokies don't play in Atlanta often, so the lack of sleep was worth it.

The Hokie Bird!

Soooo Cold!



Players after the game