Busy Busy Busy

Prepare for a a looooong post to play catch up! We've been so incredibly busy lately!

Let's see...

Jesse has been working A LOT lately. He's been putting in 58 hours a week with only Wednesdays off for the past few weeks and he'll be that busy until after the holidays. I'm sure he's exhausted all the time but he is a trooper. I miss seeing him more and my weekend errand/shopping/hanging out buddy is gone. It was so nice yesterday. When he got home, the TV never came on. We just sat and chatted until bedtime.

I miss having him to go to church with, but I've still been going!! That's pretty huge for me. I hate going anywhere alone. I'm loving this church though so I go. Hopefully in January he'll be able to start going again and we can attend their Discovery session to learn more about the church.

This past weekend, I went to Austin to meet up with some of Jesse's family. His Aunt Joan (and Uncle Curt) were in town from Nebraska. I had talked to Joan beforehand and she graciously agreed to help put our quilt together so we got together for lunch, with Cousin Dana and Nancy, to discuss it and the four of us went out to lunch! It was so nice to see everyone. We can't wait to see how the quilt turns out in a couple months!

We also celebrated Thanksgiving last week!! It was our first as a married couple and unfortunately Jesse had to work. But my family came over and my Aunt Lisa, Uncle David, and Sohpie came to town too. We hosted Thanksgiving at our place this year. I put up a few fall decorations and we cooked quite the spread. This year, I made pumpkin pie and broccoli casserole (Jesse's request). Everything was so tasty and it was so nice to spend the day together. Sophie was a hoot! She got a real kick when I told her that when things are fancy you say" Oooo La La!" She also wanted to know why there were so many pictures of us on our walls and none of her. She requested we get a canvas sized photo of her (as big as our zebra print) and put it up. There is now a photo on its way to be put in a frame but it is not quite that big haha

 

As soon as everyone left, I brought out all of our Christmas decorations and we put it all out!!! We are celebrating our first Christmas as Mr. & Mrs. and I couldn't be more excited! We put up our very own tree! We've started our own traditions. We've decided that each year we'll get one another an ornament. Jesse got me a raccoon in honor of our furry "friends" who have visited us quite frequently this year. We also took a few pictures to get Christmas cards to send out this year! We've been doing some shopping and will hopefully finish it up in the next week or two.

We've been super duper busy but having a great time. I am really loving this holiday season!!