Our first Thanksgiving!

Not only is this our first Thanksgiving as husband and wife, it's our first Thanksgiving cooking a Turkey Day meal!

Tomorrow evening, our grandparents, parents, and siblings (and their SOs!) are coming over for Thanksgiving. I'm really excited! I think it will be fun to have everyone in our home all at once. Thanksgiving is about family, and it makes me so happy to think of our families together enjoying each other and good food!

Justin is in charge of the turkey, dressing, and gravy. Our moms are doing the sides - sweet potato souffle, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Justin's grandmother is doing her yummy mac and cheese and my grandmothers are doing sweet tea and a dessert. And where does that leave me? Laughing and pointing my finger at everyone else?

I wish! I'm in doing a dessert too. I hope it turns out yummy. It's a pumpkin gingerbread trifle, recipe compliments of Paula Dean. We shall see...

I'm also in charge of cleaning, which I need to be doing NOW.

I'll post photos soon!

~BK

Not much to tell...

Life has been pretty routine lately. Which I must say, is a very good thing. The busyness of the wedding was so much fun, but we were ready for some lazy nothing to do weekends.

Last weekend we went down to the rocks by the dam. Sadly, I've lived here my whole life and had never experienced it!



Look close for Justin and J!


I am 75% done with my Christmas shopping. I just need to get wrapping and finish up some online ordering for that last 25%.

I SOLD my car! It was the only car I've ever had. I'm shopping around for a new car now, hoping to find a good deal in this rough economy.

I've picked up a little side job as a high school chemistry tutor. It's bringing back the nightmares from Freshman Chemistry at UGA, lol! It's some nice extra income. Ideally I'd like to pick up another PT job, but our tiny town doesn't seem to have much to offer!

Well enough from me! I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday! It's gorgeous!!!

~BK

Our Mountian Getaway!

This past weekend we went to the Gatlinburg, TN area. We planned this trip to thank my parents for our amazing wedding! We had the BEST time! Here are some photos:

On Friday, we did a six mile hike.



This is us at the bluff:




Eeeek!




We ate lunch here:



This was so beautiful we had to pull over!



Then we checked into our cabin. It was so cozy! We spent a lot of time here on Saturday because it rained. It was a perfect lazy day! We also watched the Dogs get beat but we won't go there...

(Check out what's on the TV, lol)



There was also a lot of time spent playing this:


Sunday we did another hike to Rainbow Falls. Beautiful!

Our favorite photo from this hike:



And we got a kick out of this little guy. He ate trail mix right out of our hands!


Now it's back to reality!

~BK

SYTYCD

To thank Justin's mom for our wonderful rehearsal dinner we bought two tickets to So You Think You Can Dance Season 5's live tour. We had such a great time! I didn't follow the season as closely as she did, but it was still so neat to see it live. The talent is crazy. I'm already hooked to season 6! Here's a few photos:









~BK

Catch Up

I'm finally feeling half way decent! I still have a headache that won't go away due to the pressure in my head and a little bit of a sore throat, but I feel so much better!

I had a great low key 22nd birthday! I was treated to a Red Velvet cake from 211 (delivered by Green Bean) and it was amazing! Here are a few photos:






Last weekend we carved pumpkins with Justin's family. It was a ton of fun and everyone's pumpkins turned out great! Here are a few photos:





Today we're going Christmas tree shopping! I'm allergic to real trees so we need an artificial one. I want to find one before they all get snatched up! I'm using my birthday money to buy a Christmas tree, lol. I am so EXCITED about our first married Christmas in our new home!

~BK

Home...

sick today. Justin had to miss work Monday and Tuesday and decided to share his crud with me. Fever. Chills. Throat on Fire. Hacking. No fun. :-( Hopefully this will pass soon!

How?

Do I make the middle portion of my blog anything but blue?!?