Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Hope you have had a great weekend. We sure had a busy one. Saturday night the boys each had a friend sleepover. At 2:50am yesterday morning Craig finally got them settled to bed. Needless to say, he was not thrilled. They were all up early (although Kaedo says he never slept at all) and I made waffles for breakfast. This is a regular breakfast for my boys but both Josh and Dylan were shocked that they weren't Eggos. I thought that was hilarious. "Are these homemade waffles??" Funny. Both boys did not want to go home so I made arrangements with their parents to drop them off later in the day. Once we had them home, we got busy working in the yard. We got all the flower beds ripped out and the trampoline taken down. We got the swing put away and the garage cleaned up. Once we had that finished we were ready to sit down and watch a movie. Sterling was exhausted and Kaedo was wired for sound. We sat down and attempted to watch "Star Trek Nemesis", but none of us liked it so we quit watching that and the boys and Craig watched "Amazing Race". I'm not into those shows so I went upstairs and "Love Affair" (1939) was on TCM. I love that movie and so I tucked in with Ketchup and watched that. At 9pm they all went to bed and I stayed up and watched the remake "An Affair to Remember" (1959) with Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant. Awesome. Have seen it before but just love it.

This morning Michael called while we were all still in bed and invited Craig to go mountain biking. Craig headed out at about 10:30am and I have been doing the weekly baking. In honor of Thanksgiving, I made Pumpkin Muffins and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. They both turned out well. I love to bake and so I have started doing that on Sundays so the boys have some stuff for their lunches and snacks throughout the week. It is much cheaper than buying pre-packaged products.

This afternoon I have to work (4-midnight) and the boys will be getting ready for school tomorrow. Showers, early to bed etc. It has been a nice day already and I am looking forward to a good rest of the day.

I thought I would briefly present a list of all the things I am thankful for. I hope you will "play along" and add yours.

I am thankful for:

My wonderful husband and beautiful boys

My loving parents who are the best there is

My beautiful sister and her fantastic family - they are so precious to me

My amazing in-laws that I never think of as "in-laws" - they are my parents in so many ways

My handsome brother in-law and his beautiful wife and children

A roof over my head

The love of a family that is the best. I know I can count on all of you at any time. I love you and am thankful for you. Happy Thanksgiving.