Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas trees......what a combination!

All I can say is.....what a BUSY weekend! Thursday we had lunch at Britt's Grandma Cody's house. The Cody family is huge. I think that there are 10 great grandchildren. It's always nice to get all of the kids together. They love it! After lunch we headed to my parent's house for dinner at 5:00. We have both sides of the family (Sherrill and Drum) for dinner, so Ashlyn got to see everybody. She was on cloud nine! When we finished there we went to Britt's Mom's for their family Thanksgiving dinner. We just ate dessert there. We were stuffed from all of the food that we consumed throughout the day. I'm glad that Thanksgiving only comes around once a year!
We spent the night at Joyce's. Kerry, Britt's sister, and her family also stayed the night. Poor Joyce had all three kids in the bed with her. I know that she didn't get much sleep at all Thursday night! Friday morning we had breakfast and then headed to the mountains to pick out our Christmas Tree. The kids were very eager to get there. Once we got there all three kids were getting fussy......so the fun began. =) It didn't take us long at all to pick out a tree. Last year we searched for the perfect one, but this year we took home the first one that we both agreed on. All three of the trees were perfect and full. After loading the trees on Britt's truck we took off to the Mast General Store. I hadn't been there in a very long time. They have a little bit of everything inside. I found me some really cute shoes, but once I looked at the price tag and saw that they were $120 I decided I didn't need them that bad. Now I'm not claustrophobic, but the store was PACKED and I was beginning to feel that way. You couldn't hardly walk around in there, and the floors were creaking. I was just waiting on the floor to fall in. I have no clue how this OLD store can hold that many people! It was insane. By the end of the day Ashlyn was one worn out and grumpy girl! When we finally arrived back at our house both of our Labs had gotten out of their kennel. They had chewed up the wires to BOTH of Britt's trailors......AGAIN! I honestly thought that they were going to be dead dogs. And not only did they chew the trailor wires. They also chewed our cable wire in half!!!!!! These dogs do not learn. Britt was LIVID!
Saturday Ashlyn and I didn't do a thing. We just rested up from Thursday and Friday. Britt had a Foard Alumni Basketball Tournament over the Thanksgiving Holidays. Ashlyn and I went to watch his game Saturday evening. His class won the tournament. And he did a great job! Ashlyn was so proud of her daddy! She kept saying "Good job Daddy!" and cheering for him. Too darn cute! Mom and Dad came by the house on their way home from Hickory. They took Ashlyn with them so that Britt and I could go over to a friend's house for a get together. We had so much fun! Before we knew it was 2:45 am and were still hanging out watching everyone sing karaoke. I didn't get in the bed until almost 4:00.
Sunday I helped with a baby shower for Britt's cousin Stephanie. She is due on January 16th and has gained only 20 lbs. She hadn't gained weight anywhere except for her belly. I was so jealous. =) She looked great! Once the shower was over I picked Britt up to go to our church. They were presenting Ashlyn with her first Bible last night. When they called her name she ran up and got her Bible and ran back to us with the biggest smile on her face. Priceless! She wanted to go home with Nana and Pappaw, so we let her stay with them last night, and we went home and put up Christmas decorations. I LOVE DECORATING......everthing but putting those darn lights on the tree. I would almost pay someone to come and do that part for me. I hate it! I'm surprised that Britt and I are still married after trying to tackle that task!
That's my 4 day weekend. We were busy every day! I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving as well!