Let the Hall-odays Began!!

We are 3 days, 7 hours, 52 minutes, 40 seconds, and counting away from Thanksgiving!!!! I am so excited to see the Hall family and celebrate our Thanksgiving/Christmas together.The Halls have a lot of great traditions that we enjoy every year. We usually arrive at Mimi and Pappy's on the day of Thanksgiving so the minute we walk in the door our mouths start salivating from all the wonderful smells coming from the kitchen. Carol(Mimi) always makes a pre-dinner appetizer plate with sweet pickles, cinnamon cucumbers, olives and other yummy things that we snack on while we visit and finish the cooking.The table is always filled with the traditional Thanksgiving foods and everyone eats more than their fill while having a lively conversation about past Thanksgivings and what stores they want to shop at on Black Friday.The Hall Thanksgiving would not be complete if we didn't watch the Cowboys play. Everyone gathers in the living room and sits around talking and playing while the game is on.Sometime that night we exchange our Christmas gifts and then it is time to make a plan on what stores to go to and what to get. We all get a chance to look through the adds and dream about our purchases.Shopping commences early the next morning and by 8:00 am we are all back in the kitchen for a hardy Hall breakfast.There are so many other fun things that go on during our short 3 and a half day stay but this seems to be the standing tradition on Thanksgiving and the day after. I am so thankful to have married into such a fun loving family who is truly thankful for each other and what they have.

We Have Internet Again!

We finally have Internet again so I can get Blogging once again! So much has happened since I stopped so I want to share a few things that will get me updated:

• My job at Kindercare is working out well, hence the Internet.


• Bethany's 1st Birthday was a huge success


• Bethany is now walking wait... running everywhere! she never stops


• Happy Holidays! The Holiday season officially started at the Hall House the day after Halloween per Brad's declaration.
  
  Here are a few Birthday pics to kick off my restart of blogging

Bethany loved the giraffe we got her and gave it a big hug and kiss

Not so happy about the hat

The cake was ok though