Happy Thanksgiving!

Bryan and I enjoyed our Thanksgiving with close family friends, the Facchini family. Pete, Christine, Adriana, and Sophia came into town Wednesday night and stayed until Saturday night. It was a super fast weekend - we hardly had time for the cameras to come out. The girls are getting so big. We cooked a huge feast - Kelly from Savannah and her two girls joined us along with some neighbors. I will have leftovers until Christmas.


Bryan and I had a 'dry run' of how this house will hold up to a group of kids - we had 4 under the age of 4. It was quite busy in here. Bryan was the only person able to keep up with them. We roasted marshmallows, set up tents, and played outside as much as we could until the rain set in. Friday - Sunday was definitely a change of pace with the crappy weather. We attempted shopping on Black Friday and left the girls home with a babysitter to celebrate an adult evening. Saturday we had a huge breakfast, showed P&C around Statesboro and ate at El Sombrero the left around dinner time and I immediately fell asleep on the couch and remained there for the rest of the evening.

Sunday, Bryan and I woke up to more rain. We had plans to cut down our Christmas tree and decorate the house for the holidays. We decided to sleep in a bit ... but then ended up going on with our plans. We toughed out the rain and went to Effingham to cut down a tree. I believe it's approximately 10ft. tall. It was big in the field ... but DEFINITELY big in the living room. Bryan decorated the outside of the house, Clark Griswald style, while I packed up the fall decor and moved onto the winter ones. We concluded the evening off by both finishing off the Christmas tree and calling it a night.

Bryan cutting down our Christmas Tree ...
doing his best to avoid the sopping wet ground.

Of course, I stayed dry and almost warm while I watched him do all of the work...

He was too busy to stop and smile. :)

Our stocking hooks are missing and I have landed a cold that I have taken on like a wimp. It's the first time getting sick since being pregnant - and it sucks. But other than that - life is good for the Neal's in Statesboro and we're looking forward to the Christmas break.