The Day After...

This picture pretty much sums up the way I'm feeling today. I could feel the cold coming on for that last several days (thanks Hon for spreading the love!!!!) We did have a fantastic Thanksgiving though. Mike and Carrie and the boys arrived Weds. afternoon just in time for the dads to turn around and take the kids to ChuckECheese so we could prepare for the big meal. It turned out wonderful.....The only downer is I didn't take one picture! I'm hoping my sister took some because we had a lot of fun. The spread was beautiful and equally tasty.....A carbo lovers dream....Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Noodles, Sweet Potatoe Casserole (to die for I might add!!!), Rolls, Green Bean Casserole, Corn, Cranberry Salad, Stuffing, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin Pie, and Apple Pie. Thanks again for the Turkey tip Brenda, it worked great!!! I hope everyone else had a wonderful day....it's amazing how much we have to be thankful for!

Turkey 101....

With Thanksgiving just over a week away I think I better start planning! This year my sister and I offered to host the day at our house....which means preparing a bulk of the food, including the turkey!!!! (No pressure there.) I have been surfing the web for different turkey recipes and have discovered that there are quite possibly 101 different ways to get to the end result... brine, baste, soak, fry, smoke, bagged, unbagged, stuffed, unstuffed...etc...and that all comes after you actually decide what type of bird to buy...young, old, fresh, frozen, dead, or alive.... I also realized that in all my years of married life this is only the second time we've had Thanksgiving dinner at our house. This comes then with the realization of how lackst we are in the serving bowl, platter, fine dinnerware area!!! Luckily I had been saving my Bed Bath & Beyond and Linens-n-Things coupons...they're coming in handy! We'll see how things turn out - and as always, in case of emergency, we can call on the local Meijer for their premade Thankgiving meal for under $30!!!!

Can I get a lock for a pickle jar???

A handful of change and a Canadian $5 are not going to get us very far. I need to stop robbing the jar! I've discovered that brewing my own pot of coffee for the day isn't so bad after all....the kids wouldn't be very happy if the money in the jar won't even get us down the street!

Art Deco...

...by Hannah and Sophie. Thought this would be a great way to remember all of the things hanging in our pseudo art gallery (our mud room). I've been thinking I should take some of these down to make room for the new creations. This blog is turning into our family's techno scrapbook. I am admittedly NOT the scrapbooking type. I love the idea of it...cool paper, stickers, embellishments, etc...I have tried and decided it is something that is just not for me. My fellow blogging friends have told me about turning your yearly blog entries and pictures into a hard cover book....Sounds like my kind of scrapbooking!

What a life...

...Need I say more??

Looking Back...

...here are some cute pics from the summer...a nice, warm reminder of better weather on this cold and blustery day!

Nothing is better then good friends and peanut butter and jelly! (Look close at Soph's face!)

What happened to the one jumper at a time rule!!!

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The future of Greenco...Lookin' good!
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Our Team is Dynamite, Our Team is Dynamite....

...Our Team is tick, tick, tick, tick, BOOM, Dynamite!!!!!! Todd and I had the pleasure of learning about 20 different cheers thanks to the girl's participation in Rocket Cheer this year. We may even be persuaded to perform one for you if the price is right!!!! All joking aside, it was so fun to sit on the side lines or in the bleachers and watch the girls root on the home team....Brought back some fond memories for Todd about his playing days at good ole' GRCHS!!!

Way to go Hudsonville Eagles!!! Awesome victory over Muskegon last night!!!