Thanksgiving 2008

I can't believe Thanksgiving is over and it's almost Christmas. I can't seem to keep up with everything - ha!

We all had a great Thanksgiving - lots of Turkey, family and fun. Thursday was at my parents house with Dad's famous dinner. It was great - relaxing and fun to see everyone. We missed Mary and Adam. Their tradition is to visit his family on the East Coast for Thanksgiving.

Friday we had the Walter's Thanksgiving. This was also very fun and delicious. There were about 20 of us. It's always fun to see Chris' family.

By Friday night when we got home, we we had our fill of turkey and all the trimmings. Saturday and Sunday were spent bumming around, putting up decorations and relaxing.

It was another nice Holiday with Chris, the girls, my family and his.

Trick-or-Treat

This is Natalie and Morgan before heading out trick-or-treating. It was fun to watch them dress up and then come home and be so excited about their candy. They spread all their candy out, sorting it and even started "trading" Snickers for Reeses' etc. It reminded me of when I was a kid - we did the same thing. Chris and Gene walked with the girls, while Marilyn and I stayed at their house handing out treats to the other little monsters :-)

Pumpkins!

Last weekend we ventured to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins for carving. Marilyn and Gene joined us - it was a beautiful day. As you can see from the pictures, Natalie and Morgan had a great time carving! Don't the pumpkins look great! Natalie's is on the left and Morgan's is on the right.

Canadian Thanksgiving!

This past weekend, Chris and I ventured up to Vancouver, BC to celebrate the Canadian Thanksgiving with his side of the family.

We had a three day weekend, so it was great - and much needed. We drove up Saturday and checked into the hotel. We all had a wonderful dinner at Chris' Aunt and Uncles. The "kids" headed out after that for a few cocktails. Some of us had more than others.

Sunday Chris and I walked to Stanley Park and around the island - probably about 7-8 miles. The weather was beautiful and we really weren't on a time frame - it was great.

Sunday Thanksgiving dinner was at Aunt Leanne's. It was very enjoyable - just like our Thanksgivings. The turkey put us to sleep by 9:00 - ha!

Monday we drove Grandpa Don home and he showed us all around Hallmark - where he lives. It was nice to meet him and spend some time visiting with him.

It was a great Holiday. I can't wait for our Thanksgiving!

Mary & Adam Lasky!

My little sister is married! How exciting is that! Mary and Adam had a beautiful wedding at the Lake Union Crew Club. It was very surreal watching my sister get married. There were time throughout the day I found myself not know what to do or how to act. Sounds weird I suppose.

My favorite part of the wedding was when we were all downstairs on the dock after the ceremony. It was so beautiful and everyone was enjoying being outside and by the water. Mary and Adam were already married so the stress was gone ;-) I'm so happy for Mary and Adam and look forward to spending so many more fun times with them.

My parents looked so beautiful for the wedding and the rehearsal dinner. I had to attach a photo of them at the rehearsal dinner. I'm so proud of them.

I also want to thank Chris for catering to the needs of Mary's wedding from the night of the rehearsal dinner until the wedding was over. If he wasn't helping my Mom and Dad, he was setting up, or carrying my shoes around, making sure the aisle runner was perfect, dancing with Grammy. It's amazing to me that he does all of these things without being asked. Thank you Chris - I love you!

A DIAMOND!

This is what I came home to yesterday! A breath-taking diamond ring, roses, a card and a bottle of champagne - WOW!

Once again I am overwhelmed with Chris and all of his goodness. Diamond or no diamond, I am so excited to be with him and love him forever. We have a wonderful life and so many things to be thankful for!

This and That

It's hump day - only two days to go until another wonderful weekend. Chris is gone all week in Nashville, so I've been busy doing my thing.

Mary and I are going for dinner tonight and we are going to talk about things left to complete before her big day, which is ONLY 51 DAYS AWAY! I'm so excited for her and Adam. The wedding is going to be SO much fun!

The calender seems to be filling up fast, with all this wedding planning, fall football, birthdays, kids summer break, etc. WOW - life is good and busy!

My wedding plans are going great. The save the dates have gone out, the photographer, DJ, judge, caterer, facility and pianist are all booked. I just need flowers and a cake :-) Oh - and a dress. (Minor details.) Chris and I even started a registry at Sur La Table - this is kind of a nightmare project. It's a little overwhelming, but almost complete.

For those of you tuning in, the wedding will be March 7, 2009 at Hotel Deca in Seattle (www.hoteldeca.com). If you need further infor for planning, just email me at joanjob@msn.com. I'm SO excited I can hardly wait to be married to Chris!

Other things that are going on:
- Mom and Dad are celebrating their wedding anniversary on 7/27/08.
- Chris and I hiked Lake 22 last weekend - lots of snow still.
- The girls come on Saturday for a week with us - that should be fun.
- I'm down 10 pounds since my Weight Watchers weigh in yesterday - yahoo!
- Chris's birthday is 8/1 so I'm trying to plan special things for him like he did for me.