Picture This: Arm Pump While Saying YESSSS!

Driving home from work last week I was scanning the channels for a good song and I heard the sound of Christmas music! Now comes that part where you picture this. I literally did that without thinking and felt kind of silly afterward, but I am sooo excited. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas! Thanksgiving was one of the best ones in years. I am not sure what it was but driving home from Rochester, Kevin and I both remarked how nice it was! No one threw up this year too...which is always a good thing. We had Wednesday off, so we puttered around the house. It felt great not to be rushed to get up to Rochester. Thursday morning we headed up to Doyle's. As always there was tons of food and my favorite part was Kevin's mom's pumpkin cream cheese bread! She could sell that and make millions! We had a great late lunch and then parcheesi until the kids were ready for bed. The next day, we slept in which was a first for us. In the past we have been big black Friday shoppers...not this year. We waited until about 10:00 and still got the deals we wanted. Yeah! (Cyber Monday was much nicer....Did not know there was such a thing>>>Cian's wish list is almost done!) After a quick trip to Wally World we headed off to Stokoe Farms to cut down our tree. We have come to this farm for about 6 years now. It is a great tradition for our family. Tractor rides, Reindeer, puppet shows, Santa parachuting from the sky, hot cocoa and cookies! Perfect! Saturday was Thanksgiving at my Mom's house. We have always appreciated how they have Thanksgiving on the Saturday after. It is so nice not to travel to two different places in one day. It is great to spend time with each family and enjoy them! Thanks Mom! Dinner was excellent as usual. My Mom, who has had great success with weight watchers, gave Kevin and I a lot of info on the program. We are trying it (on our own) out as we speak. So far so good. I will keep you updated! Stay strong Erin!