Thanksgiving has come and gone and I hope you all had a full, fabulous and amazing holiday :) My family and I returned from The Homestead yesterday well-rested and happy, and I have TONS o' pictures to share! Hope you all enjoy!
Beautiful Christmas tree in the Lobby.
Grand Lobby at night.
My beautiful mother and father.
Hubby and I!
Mommy, me, and 2 of my lovely sissys!
(We're missing one who's studying in Espana and our brother-we missed you guys!!!!!)
Ladies again.
Hubby and I...and the twinkle lights!
Candid :)
Giggles.
Shops inside The Homestead.
Handsome hubby and handsome papa.
One lovely ballroom.
More shops!
Another secret ballroom! We saw a ballroom dancing lesson one day-
wish we could've attended!!!
Ballroom.
Real gingerbread village.
Silly hubby in an old carriage on display.
Hallway going to heaven...well, really The Spa! ;) hehe
The windows everywhere were so beautiful.
Where did that come from?! haha Out of order ladies in lobby.
Views of the river where hubby and daddy went fly fishing.
Hubby and daddy! In full fishing attire!
Another amazing view.
The ice skating rink during the day.
My gorgeous love and I.
...and again! :)
Yay ice skating!!!
The little Christmas Shop next to the skating rink.
S'more time! The shop sold sticks and S'more kits! So cute.
It's go time!
Yummyyyy! :)
The back lawn of The Homestead. The weather was nice so everyone was playing
football and frisbee all weekend.
View of the shop, the fire pit and skating rink.
The lovely boxwoods outside of the Spa.
Skating rink at night! Magical :)
My sissy and I!
Me, hubby and sissy went skating!
Us again.
I was terrified I wouldn't be able to stand but did surprisingly well
(if I do say so myself! haha)
Hubby and I.
Being silly!
Sissy and I and the twinkle lights again.
Awww :)
Smooches!
So beautiful!
Last but not least!
So that's it guys! Our amazing weekend at The Homestead! :) Sadly, I didn't get a chance to take pics of our wonderful Wednesday night and early Thursday at my in-laws home which was also just fantastic!
I hope you each also had a chance to share, smile, and create some amazing memories over the past few days. Although every day of the year I try to remember just what a lucky girl I am, over this week in particular, surrounded by the people I love (who are-thank God-all healthy and happy) I had yet another chance to reflect and remember how blessed I am...and to give thanks. :)
Alrighty folks it's the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, which means tomorrow afternoon I will be at the in-laws, which means tonight its PREP TIMEEEE! :) hehe
Hubby and I have decided to start a new little Thanksgiving tradition of our own, we're calling it Turkey Fest haha...well truthfully I'm calling it that, he'll learn that WE'RE calling it that when he reads this probably! (Yes, the Thanksgiving Day excitement is getting to my head!)
We decided that since we split our holidays between both of our amazing amazing families (and because that can get a little cray cray) we are going to carve (haha-get it-carve!? ohhh turkey humor-hilarrrrrious) out tonight to make it a little special evening of our own! We're thinking holiday music or maybe a holiday movie...my favorite happens to be "The Holiday"...with some wine and just relaxing. The point is to start whatever cooking we can before we road trip up to my lovely mama and daddy in-laws tomorrow! So we shall see how it goes!
Sounds fun right??? :) We're siked!
Hope everyone's enjoying their almost Thanksgiving time!!!!
Okay, yes, it's official. I have become one of those people who decorates for Christmas before Thanksgiving. Yup. AND I'M PUMPED ABOUT IT! :) haha
What can I say? Christmas in my family is like something other-worldly haha, and since my birthday, my daddy's birthday, my beautiful grandmother's birthday (God love her), and a bunch of other aunts and cousin's bdays all fall in December, Christmas is a VERY big deal and pretty much takes up a whole season! So what better time to start getting ready for the holiday than the weekend before Thanksgiving??? Makes sense to me! ;)
Here are a few pics of our home today since I started doing a little Christmas shushing:
Our little media console.
Garland from Target. Christmas Trees from Pier 1.
The silver glittery trees courtesy of Target. The green from Pier 1.
