Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I have always loved it and look forward to spending the day with family and eating the entire day! This year was no exception. D and I headed north to Derby on Wednesday night to celebrate our first Thanksgiving as husband and wife. There were 18 of us together this year, my parents, my sister, her husband and their two kids, my brother, my dad’s two brothers, their wives and the kids (five in total). My dad put together a special table that sat on top of the dining room table making it larger so we could fit more people around it, and we still needed another table to seat five people!
Milestones
On the 14th my nephew H was 6 months old and on the 23rd my nephew P was 4 months old. They both celebrated their first Thanksgivings this year, too!
Exercise
So this past month I’ve really gotten into my Shape workout DVD. It had four parts, abs, butt and hips, legs and upper body. Each segment is about 15 minutes long. You can do just one segment or any combination of the four. (You could do the abs four times, just do the legs or do all four once.) I like to do all four sections and it’s quite the work out! After the first segment I’m usually starting to breathe hard, I’m sweating and whatever section I’m working is burning! It’s been a nice addition to my workout routine and I’m starting to notice some results!
Now that it’s getting dark so early (and getting colder) I’ve started running on the treadmill again. But there is only so much Food Network you can watching while running before it gets a little boring. So I’ve started watching episodes of The Hills while I run. I can usually get in at least 1.5 miles, even at a ‘slow jog’ pace, which isn’t bad. It’s been fun to watch the series from the beginning again. I just completed the first season and I’m starting on the second season this week!
Smells
My mother-in-law got us the Yankee Candle “Christmas Wreath” and a cute ‘holder’ to put it in. We’ve been burning it since last weekend when she gave it to us. It smells just like a Christmas tree! We had the candle burning when it started to snow (and actually stick for a little while) this weekend and it made me realize how close Christmas is.
Haha, Mia got us the same candle holder and candle and we have been burning it non stop too! It makes the house smell amazing!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it?! We're burning it all the time too, its half way gone! I'm hoping it lasts until Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI also love that candle!
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