Thanksgiving weekend

Wow November flew by for us, as you can imagine with all we had going on. But we ended it with a bang! On November 26 I hosted most of my mom's side for Thanksgiving dinner. That's right, Mike and I had family over for the holiday for the first holiday we spent together as a married couple. It was fantastic and now we can sit back and enjoy other holidays for a while until it is our turn again. But the weekend of family didn't end on Thanksgiving. Rather, our brother-in-law, Andy, sat out at Best Buy for us to help us get a nice new television. Mike had to work on black friday, making it difficult if not impossible to sit out the night before. And I have been fighting a cold since October, so trying to avoid getting get worse. But we got the tv thanks to Andy's awesome effort, and I went shopping on Black Friday to complete our Christmas shopping list! We are mostly, if not all done for this year! I am so proud of my first married Christmas season and being done, so I can actually enjoy it.

But again, Black Friday is not where our weekend ends with family. On Saturday, as is my family's tradition, we all get together and bake Christmas cookies. Well starting last year we decided to make it a bit more fun, add Ugly Christmas Sweaters. And so for the second year in a row Mike and I have donned Ugly Christmas Sweaters while I bake cookies with the girls and he watches sports or plays video games with the boys. After the cookies are completed we head down to the lovely Hutch Bowl and bowl a couple of games in our awesome sweaters! Then head back to Mama Gelsch and Papa Jon's place for some dinner and cards. The weekend ends on a time of games and cards and laughter on Saturday afternoon, because everyone needs the Sunday to recover from our weekend of chaos, but loving family!

Please continue to pray for us as we continue on this new journey together. We are learning a lot about each other. We too, are praying for you as you enter this season of joy and thanksgiving.

Peace and Blessing,

Amy and Mike