Catching Up!

Wow... so much to catch up on! The holiday has been so filled with fun things that I haven't had much time to sit and blog. First of all, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We are very thankful that my parents live here in Watkinsville now and were able to spend much of the time with them and my sister Debbie's family. We played games, put together lots of jigsaw puzzles, and of course ate a lot! Since Blake and Lauren are now both in highschool, Dave gave us all a great tour of UGA (our own special private tour with UGA admissions!).

Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend was our special Hanging Of The Greens service at church. All of the children and youth choirs sang at the service, and the sanctuary now looks even more beautiful with all of the greenery! We also hung a little greenery in our own home... the Christmas tree! It was Mitchell's desire to put the tree up over the weekend, and over the next week I was able to decorate the rest of the house, too. Just call us the Griswalds... I love lots of lights! I especially love decorating the tree and going through all of the ornaments... such sweet memories! I get Mitchell and Amelia a new ornament each year and they look forward to seeing what it is when we decorate.

This past Friday night I got to have a night out with Mitchell. For my birthday Dave had given me season tickets to the Broadway series at the Classic Center in Athens. This series included the American Idol's Christmas concert and Mitchell picked that one to go to with me. It was great and we had so much fun! Four of the former American Idol contestants were there and they sang mostly Christmas songs with some of their own mixed in. We had started the night having a wonderful dinner at East West Bistro just a couple of blocks away from the Classic Center... yum! After the concert we finished off the night getting some Starbucks hot chocolate.

Saturday I took Amelia to see another dance studio here in Watkinsville perform "The Grinch" along with some other dances. Amelia's friend Claire from across the street was a mouse in the production and did a great job!

Sunday the kids had dress rehearsal for their Christmas play at church until 2:30 which gave me and Dave time to do a little shopping and lunch together. We are just about all done with shopping... yea!

I hope that your past couple of weeks have been fun and filled with quality time with your families... have a great week!