Family & Holiday Go Together Like A Horse & Carriage

We had an exciting week of preparing for company and an even more exciting weekend of fun, with our company! After a vigorous day of cleaning on Wednesday, our guests arrived on Thursday around noon. These guests included Greg’s Mom and Dad, his brother Chad and wife, Sunny. Thursday afternoon, we joined my parents, Larry and Trisha, Uncle Ron, Aunt Diane and Mamaw S. for a SCRUMPTIOUS Thanksgiving dinner, together! Mother… you outdid yourself in every way! Thank you!!! That evening we went back to our place and enjoyed a relaxing time, all warm and cozy in our “jammies”. On Friday, we continued more of the same, until mid-afternoon… when we headed downtown Indy to check out Lucas Oil and watch the “Circle of Lights”! This was also tons of fun, Mom P. and I did a great deal of ‘people-watching’ as the Holiday Stage was being set, while having a warm snack from Au Bon Pain. The rest of the crew headed over to Circle Center Mall to waste a couple of hours and returned just as the ‘pre-show’ was about to begin. A ‘nap-less’ Aly was getting a bit frustrated in the cold night air, so we ended up leaving before the “BIG MOMENT”. However, it turned out to be a lovely evening, after all! Saturday, we drove over to the Incredible Pizza Co. and enjoyed a very tasty buffet, lots of games, rides, etc. and laughed more than we had a right to! We even took in a ‘bit’ of shopping later that afternoon. It was a pleasure to have to have our family worship with us on Sunday and we all enjoyed hot homemade soup and chili before they departed for home. We already miss them and look forward to Christmas visits coming SOON! There are even more reasons about looking forward to Christmas and number one would have to be, the fact that we will be receiving a new camera and will no longer have to ‘beg, borrow or steal’ photos from family and friends! A SPECIAL THANK YOU, to my sis-in-law, Sunny for ‘sharing’ a handful of Thanksgiving-Weekend pix with me and I will now 'share' them for you to view below!!! Trust all of my Blogger-Palz will have a chance to ‘rest up’ from their busy Thanksgiving Holidays and enjoy the upcoming Christmas Season…