Thanksgiving Day!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. There were a total of 10 of us and we feasted on an 18 pound turkey. We had a little mix up on the timing of the bird so our dinner was a little late in the day but the turkey and all the fixins turned out great.

It was a day of football games, visiting and just enjoying each others company.

Here are a few pictures from our Thanksgiving day together.

Greg takes charge in the kitchen.

Mom and Al looking as young as ever.

Waiting for the turkey to get done.

My brother, Andy and his son Seth

Oh, Grandma, I love you.......

Time to feast on the turkey and all the fixins.

Serena, Jessica and Jackie work on making wine charms to give as

Christmas gifts.

Then it was time for some games. We played Mexican Train and

as you can see in this picture Serena was doing very well.

We had a really fun time together!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. We are now off our diet and ready to feast! Can't wait for that pumpkin pie and whipping cream today.

Well Happy Thanksgiving to you all. This is the kick-off for Christmas so get reeeeeeeady...............! I'm sooooooo excited and can't wait til it snows.

Pre-Thanksgiving visit

The weekend before Thanksgiving Laura and the kids came for a visit and helped us decorate our Christmas tree.


Here are a few pictures of their visit which we enjoyed sooooooo much.

Grandma shows Natalie and Andrew some ornaments for the tree.

Grandpa, Natalie and Andrew put the garland on the tree.

Now for the angel.

And the stockings.

Natalie and Andrew get a little pre-Christmas gift.

And their Mommy does too.

Natalie and Andrew were such a big help in putting our Christmas tree up.

What we've been up to lately........

Well over the past 5 weeks, Greg and I have been very busy dieting. We've been on a 6 week high protein diet - consuming 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. It has required alot of preparation but it's been worth it. The aim of this diet is to increase your metabolism so you can burn more calories, hence, lose more weight. We have both lost 10 pounds and are still loosing. We have 1 more week on the diet but we will still have a few pounds to loose. We are hoping with eating healthy, watching our calorie consumption and working out, the rest of the weight will come off.

We will be going off the diet just in time for "Turkey Day"! Boy are we looking forward to some pumpkin pie and whipping cream. Yummmmmmmm!!