Our Thanksgiving Menu

For our first turkey day as Mr. & Mrs. we will be making...

• A 10lb turkey seasoned with herbs and fresh fruit and gravy (of course)
• My grandmothers stuffing recipe
• Classic mashed potatoes (Russets)
• Peas
• Cranberry sauce from a can
• Squash
• Rolls
• Pineapple chunks & cherries (a tradition in Greg's family)
• Costco pumpkin pie

Here it is...

Weekend Plans

1. Cleaning our house one bedroom apartment
2. Shopping for our thanksgiving feast
3. An outside run in preparation for the turkey troy (oh and registering for the TT)
4. Harry Potter
5.Getting our tires rotated
6.Going through our closet and taking lots of things to GW

Last night....

Greg and I went on a last minute adventure. Via facebook we found out that Dave Matthews was playing at the Microsoft Store opening. We wrapped up what we were working on and jetted over to catch a few of his tunes. He sounded great playing acoustic and solo. It was fun get away to catch some live music and the be home before CSI.

Someone I work with took this picture

Father of the Bride

This will definitely be framed in our new house!

Its coming...

Brrr...

I've been busy working on our first Christmas card. We've got the format down but now can't decide on which picture! I'm so excited to send them out. I've decided I'm going to get a new red pen and bust out my best handwriting.... coming to a mailbox near you!

Mondays

I have a total case of the Mondays. It was a fabulous weekend with friends, house hunting, and my hubby. Today its rainy and a slow day at work.

So I will pass the time thinking about...

1. The cute house we went and saw on Saturday.

2. How I want to make home made macaroni and cheese.

3. Hunter boots (are always on my mind).

4. How soon until my little nephew is born. I calculated and he should be here in less than 100 days :)

Wedding Pictures

We got to look through our wedding pictures this week. I am in love. Our photographer did a great job of capturing our perfect day. You can check out a preview on his website. We should get all the digital files this week at which point I will be busy designing our first Christmas card and photobooks galore.

Congrats!

Last night one of my best friends from college got engaged! This day has been 7 years in the making. Its so neat watching love grow. Thinking about the two of them, and watching the facebook comments, reminded me of that special night 9 months ago. When I think about it, I still get goosbumps and want to cry.

Congrats Lo & Justin

I called Laurie this morning and gave her a great rendition of "Happy Engagement to You!" A great way to start my week. Lots of smiles and getting excited for next August.

November

I can't believe it is already November. The last 9 months have flown by with wedding planning. Its been a very cozy week on the eastside. The leaves are all changing and air has been very crisp (the rain is coming). Greg and I have been busy talking about all the exciting things that are coming up in the next few months.

We're going to have our first thanksgiving as husband and wife at home, just the two of us. We might do the turkey trot 5k on Thanksgiving morning, and then we are going to chef it up all day and watch the parade. On Friday, we are headed out of the country for the second time in 6 weeks. This time we are headed north to Canada (I know it doesn't really count). We're going to Victoria for the weekend and staying here. We're going to have high tea and poke around for the weekend.

December kicks off a busy month with apple cup, Tom's graduation, Greg's family Christmas, and a trip to the great white north for the 25th. I love Christmas, and can't wait to do all the holiday festivities with my hubby- Christmas cards, our first tree, looking at the lights, Christmas shopping, elf!!

Last Christmas with the Ivy Ladies

We are heading north for the weekend to spend some time with our future nephew (and his parents) and Greg's brother in law. The boys are going hunting, and the ladies (and future nephew) are watching Sex and the City 2 and some nursery planning. Only 3 more months until the peanut arrives!

And, my not so little peanuts turned one last weekend! I can't believe how big they are. Zip has been having trouble sleeping through the night (ie: so have we), but we sure do love those little kitties. For their birthday they got new cat toys (thanks M&N) and a full food dish.

Milo & Zip February 2010

Psst. We are in super saver mode getting ready for our first house, but I really, really want to treat myself to a pair of these. I will totally need them once we have a house, and might as well start to break them in a little early ;)