Sunday Supper

Have I ever mentioned how great it is to have a husband that loves to cook?! Kyle decided he wanted to make shrimp and grits on Sunday. And it was DELICIOUS!

 



This is the recipe he used. It is the same one mom my used when we were in DC over Labor Day.

 

The little kitchen helper:

 

Weekend Recap

What a wonderful weekend! We started off Friday night by cleaning out the kitchen (I know, super exciting). We needed to distract Gigi for like an hour, enter the famous 2 liter bottle toy! I honestly don't know why we spend any money on toys when she LOVE chewing up empty 2 liter bottles.

Saturday morning we woke up and Gigi and I had a mini photo shoot. Check out those armpit rolls! Ha!

Kyle made me pumpkin pancakes! I LOVE this mix from Trader Joe's! So good!

Then I decided to bake. Tis' the season for all things pumpkin.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

Saturday night, Kyle's friend Rich came to Athens to visit! We of course took him to Pauleys.

Then to All Good.

I was smart and put a Pumpkin French Toast Bake in the fridge the night before, so all I had to do Sunday morning when we woke up was throw it in the oven. It came out GREAT!

Delicious!

Gigi loved spending time with Rich.

Gigi had her first obedience class Sunday. She is the second youngest and the second smallest. I really like the class. I think she has sit down, but we are working on laying down now. She did pretty good in the play group before class, but in the play group after class she was much more outgoing.

Making new friends!

Man puppy class will ware you out!

On the hunt for a Nintendo ds!

We spent Christmas eve with our nieces. They are adorable and we love spending time with them. Kyle asked his middle niece what she wanted for Christmas and she replied, "Santa said he is getting me a Nintendo ds!" Oh really!!!! Apparently the Santa that came to visit at school asked her what she wanted and she said a ds, Santa then proceeded to say that since she was a good girl she would get one. 

Do you know what these things can do?! They have a camera, can surf the web and you can play games with another user sitting next to you. AMAZING! Santa must have a had a good year to promise so many kids a Nintendo ds for Christmas. Kyle and I then began the search for two Nintendo ds' on Christmas Eve, talk about last minute. We decided to take back everything else we got them in order to make sure Santa got them each a ds. Call us suckers, but that is the power of Christmas and wanting to see kids happy when they open presents! We went to a Best Buy in Jersey and found them. I was so excited to see them open them on Christmas!

My mother in law invited me to the candlelight Christmas Eve service at church with her. It was a lovely service. I always go to the Christmas Eve service with my family, so it was nice to be able to continue that tradition. Kyle also watched It's a Wonderful Life with me on Christmas Eve, another tradition. It was my first Christmas not with my parents or brother, but my new family is so wonderful I had a great time celebrating with them!

Our first married Christmas together!

Christmas morning!

While Santa was good to the nieces he was even nicer to me! I got a Keurig and a new digital camera (I guess Kyle was tired of me using my phone!)

My in laws got me a shirt and sweater from Loft, a new large skillet, my own German pickle ornament and a lovely Scentsy! 

After opening presents we went to Kyle's Aunt's house. I had not met his aunts yet so I was excited. It was a great visit and I was fed VERY well!! We ended the night back at Kyle's parents house with even more family. The jello shots and Jack Daniels made an appearance! It really was a great first Christmas as a married couple and I loved spending time with my new family!