Turkey was so 4 days ago, bring on Christmas!!

What a wonderful four days off from work (or in Ben's case, 3) It was so wonderful not having any worry or thoughts about work during that time! Thanksgiving morning we went on a walk around Green lake with Jessie, Mark & James-o. Not as crowded as a sunny day in the summer, but still busy enough to have some quality people/dog watching.



After some cooking (we were in charge of mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and cranberry jello) we headed over to Jessie's for a feast. Everything was so delicious, we all definitely learned about the potent nature of mustard sauce. I think we all had a moment where our face turned bright red & our nostrils ignited. We are already out of leftovers- that creole stuffing never lasts long enough!


Friday morning Ben & I braved the early morning shopping and went to Office Depot. It was surprisingly not as vicious as I thought it would be. No pushing, running or stealing from other customers! We were able to get evertyhing that we wanted- a web cam, dvd player, wireless router & an external hard drive. Ben had to go to work on Friday, so I did some more shopping with my sister & cleaned our house.

Saturday we set off on the adventure of getting our first Christmas tree! I have to say, I think we might have scored the best one out there! We didn't quite judge the height of our ceiling very well, so we had a flashback of the movie Christmas vacation where the tree was bent at the ceiling because it was so tall. After some sawing, it fit just perfectly.
Here's some pictures of our new living room furniture, plus our tree!!

murder mystery & mondo burritos

Well another great weekend! I had Friday off, so I was able to spend some time with my friend Adelle in the morning and also have some time to clean up the apartment. Friday night we went over to Jessie's for a murder mystery dinner. I had done one a while ago in youth group, and remembered having a good time. It was a blast! I was a bit disappointed to not be the murderer, but I was able to figure out who really was!

Saturday morning I had to work at an adoption fair at Evergreen Hospital fair, but Courtney was also there representing her agency, we we were able to chat in between talking to people. Ben cleaned up trash along Queen Anne Ave. with the chamber of commerce and was rewarded with a free burger (tally that up to 3 burgers in one week for him!) Sat. afternoon we went over to Jessie's and babysat James while they went out to dinner.

Sunday we went to church, bought Ben some jeans, and then ran some errands. Sunday night we went out to some yummy mexican food with Courtney (take a wild guess what I had) It was delish! Check out the size of Courtney's burrito!

We're so excited for thanksgiving! Ben & I are in charge of sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes & Ben's mom's yummy cranberry jello. Friday Ben has to work (boo) so I will probably do some shopping if there are some good deals. Saturday we will get our first Christmas tree together!! I can't wait for this Christmas season!!!

my hubby is the best

I got this special delivery from Ben yesterday, my favorite kind of roses! What a catch.

bikes & burgers

What a wonderful weekend! We were so happy to have a break from the rain for a few days which allowed us to get out of the house for some bike riding!

We started out the day taking pictures of Jessie & Mark + baby James. Ben was the photog, I just tried to make James smile. Here's me taking a break from the pics to do some glamour shots of my own :)

After James' nap, we headed out to North Bend for a bike ride. Because it gets dark here so quickly, we had about an hour ride. We started out on this interesting "singletrack" trail. This was James' first time in his baby seat, so needless to say, the branches whiping his seat did not go over too well. We turned around and found a large, gravel road. It was wonderful just to get out, but also depressing because my legs were burning after about 1 minute.

We finished off the night with some tasty food and drinks from XXX rootbeer. I made the mistake of feeding James some rootbeer float in the very beginning, so he was all about getting some more! That's what aunts & uncles are for!

Yesterday we went to church & babysit for little James-o. We also ran some errands. I'm planning on posting some pictures of our living room and the new decorations we've added soon!

Happy Halloween!

Fall is definitely here! The leaves could not be more beautiful and the weather is certainly getting chillier. I have had many moments within the last week of wanting to stay under the warm covers all day! We have had to fight the urge to buy hot chocolate & chai teas everyday!

After work on Friday, I headed down to Edmonds with Jessie, James & Mark to the halloween trunk or treat. It was fun to see the cute... and not so cute costumes. James was a little intimidated by all of the costumes & loud music, but it was still a fun time. We then headed to Chipotle and got wrapped up in our tin foil burrito costume!



Saturday we got our flu shots & then cleaned our apartment. Saturday night we went over on the ferry to eat dinner with Mark and Jenni. We had an awesome time playing games (I got smoked in dominoes) and eating some tasty ribs! I tried out Jessie's moon pie recipe and it was super tasty.. perhaps we had one for breakfast!

Unfortunately I had to work today, so we'll go to church tonight & then i'll be able to take some time off of work tomorrow to do some grocery shopping & get ready for the week!

Hope all is well!