Monday, November 28, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was so great this year! Mainly because Alan works so much and it's just AJ and me all the time. I felt so grateful this year to have Justin with us and Alan didn't work Wednesday through Sunday. I was loving every second of having a full house!

AJ and I picked Justin up at the airport on Tuesday. I love this kid so much! My heart went pitter patter when I saw him. We haven't seen him since August and have missed him SO much! It was as if no time had past. AJ couldn't stop staring at Justin, giggling at him and wanting Justin to hold him constantly. It made me so happy to see that.





We spent Thanksgiving Day with my family. What a great day that was. I got up super early to hit the gym (I have to do that on Thanksgiving so I can somewhat justify all the deliciousness of the day.) Then we spent the morning just our little family and then headed to my parents in the afternoon. We spent most of the day there just eating and hanging out. (AJ isn't in this picture because he was napping.)
All the grandkids. Pretty much impossible to get a perfect picture with everyone looking at the camera.






That night we came home and played phase ten. Justin's new favorite thing to do at our house. We played every night he was here.

The rest of the weekend we did a little bit of shopping (not much because it gives me anxiety to shop on black Friday. Not my thing!), we went and saw Arthur Christmas (such a great movie), went out to eat and spent time with family. We had a such a fun weekend and it hard to see it come to an end. Now we have Christmas to look forward to! I LOVE the holidays! Happy Holidays to you all!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

When in Rome

I had the opportunity to go to Rome with my sister and some of her girlfriends. It was actually Alan's idea for me to go. What an amazing husband I have! He offered to take work off and take care of AJ while I went to play in Italy. We had such a blast! We got stuck flying out of D.C. but it was pretty cool being in D.C. and flying on United on the ten year anniversary of September 11th.


We ate some pretty amazing food. Those Italians sure know how to make amazing pizza, lasagna, gelato, etc...

The Colosseum was the most intriguing place we visited.


After a long day of site seeing we stopped for gelato. I may have fallen asleep for a bit. Flying to Europe always throws me for a loop.


What's better than gelato? Gelato with pancakes. Mmmm!





My sister was on a mission to kiss a Roman. Haha!
















Best restaurant we went to. Super pricey but worth every bite. One can of soda was $12. Yikes!
Best lasagna ever. Melt in your mouth, amazing!



I had such a blast! We shopped till we dropped because Italy has amazing shopping, ate till we were sick, laughed till it hurt and walked till our legs wanted to fall off. It was such a fun girls trip. The rest of the girls went on to other cities and I went home after Rome. :( I missed my baby and didn't want to be away from my family too long. Thanks ladies for an adventure I'll never forget!