It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Hey everyone!  How was your Thanksgiving?  Ours went well!  We had it at the same place the girls birthday party was.  It was such a beautiful day outside, so the kiddos played on the playground most of the time while the adults relaxed and ate A LOT of turkey and ham and potatoes, and well.. what wasn't there?? :)  We've always had Thanksgiving at a family members house, but this year with the weather being so nice this late in the season, my grandparents figured why not have it at a public place and let everybody meet there, have fun, eat, relax, chase the kids around, and when we are done, throw everything away and go home.  No messy cleanup, way easier!  I think everyone had a great time :)

I made 20 lbs of mashed potatoes to bring, so of course I had a few dirty pots and pans when we got home.. No problem, throw em in the dishwasher!  Well, my dishwasher apparently didn't like that idea too much and decided to blow up.  Thank God we didn't go anywhere, and where able to smell the smoke before it got out of control.  Luckily, it was the perfect time to look for a new one!  Black Friday was the very next day and I found one for half off.  YAY!! This mama loves a good deal, especially on something that is not so much of a necessity, and more of a luxury, but seriously... to me, it is a necessity!  I was the dishwasher for way too long ;)

I got a beautiful *yes I think it's beautiful!* new dishwasher and the girls got a new fort!! Win-win!

On the subject of home improvements,  I've been asking the hubby for years months, that I wanted the TV above the fire place.  I thought it would look so much better up there, with the surround sound going, and the sectional couch actually in the corner of the room and not taking up the whole CENTER... This was always WAY too much work.. and too many holes in the wall for my liking.. so when I came home one day, I was shocked to see a project going on!

Instead of just moving the TV to above the fireplace... He got a projector.  Sneaky sneaky ;)  With a little trial and error, they figured out that instead of the projector screen paint, they'd have to fabricate one... The picture was just too big for above the fireplace.  A little search on google and BAM we have a blueprint of what we need.  1 hour later, we had a "movie theater" room as the girls like call it.

Is 137" too big?  I must say watching football this year, really feels like we are there in the arena!  lol I guess it turned out pretty good.. I gave the hubbs lots of crap, doubting his "skills" and all ;)  In the end, I got what I wanted, a tv over the fireplace and the living room moved around how I like..  He says I'm spoiled.   Oh well... Like they say, "If momma's not happy, nobody's happy."  ;)

Now we are on to getting ready for Christmas.  As most of you know, I am SUPER excited.  I love everything about this time of the year.  The girls are super excited now too... I love that they are old enough to do a lot of fun things now and get into the season.  Especially at school, they do lots of little crafts that I just adore and I'm going to need another closet just for the things they bring home!  We started last night with our first trip to see Santa!  They told him what they were hoping to see under the Christmas tree soon, and gave him hugs and smiled pretty for the camera.

I must admit, I am obsessed in love with Bass Pro Shops!  I don't hunt or fish or anything of that nature, lol but it's an awesome place just to walk around!  If you haven't been there, you definitely need to go check it out!

Well that's it for now!  Hope you all are well, thanks so much for coming by! <3