It's A Wonderful Life...

One of my birthday gifts was tickets to The Rep to see "It's A Wonderful Life." This is my Dad's FAVORITE Christmas movie, so I definitely wanted him and my mom to go with us. We went last night. It was SO GOOD!! After the play, we went to a local bakery to have dessert & coffee with some of my family. I had chocolate creme brulee...one of my faves! We get together once a month to celebrate whoever has a birthday in that month. Last night, we celebrated my birthday as well as my sweet S-I-L, Sara. Here are some pics from the evening.

~Me & Alex at The Rep~


~Mom & Dad at The Rep~


~The entire gang afterwards~


~Jackson got to open his b-day present from Papa & Granny
since his party is next weekend and they are out of town~


~Me & my youngest brother, Andrew~


~Granny feeding Kandace~


~Me & my sis, Joy~


~Sara showing off her new wallet~


~Chris, Kerri & Kandace~


~Joy & her boys (Ty, Cody & Pryce)~


~Cary, Sara & Jackson~


~Me & my sweetie~


It was a wonderful evening with family!

Love to all,
Jill

Our Weekend...

We had a very busy weekend. After receiving 'the phone call' on friday afternoon, we decided it would be good to get out of the house for a bit. Alex took me to get my pumpkins and mums for the front porch. I found some really pretty ones. I'll post pics of all of my fall stuff later this week. We stopped by Fresh Market afterwards and stumbled across our new, favorite dessert. Have you ever had these?

Oh my gosh...we're addicted! They are called Whippets and they are delicious! They have a cookie crust, whipped marshmallow center and then dipped in dark chocolate. We ate the entire box!! What can we say...we had a bad day.

Friday evening, we had dinner at Faded Rose and then came home and crashed. We were mentally and physically exhausted. Alex worked until noon on Saturday and then we headed to my brother, Chris' birthday party. Here are a few pics from the party...

Me and my big bro

Birthday candles...

He requests that Mom make the same cake every year, Butter Pecan...his fave!

Birthday boy w/his girls

Opening presents

Kandace took a break from the party to take a little cat-nap

Everyone enjoying Cary's smoked ribs & chicken...yummy!

Jackson enjoying his corn-on-the-cob

Me w/my niece...she is such the cuddle-bug

Today, we of course went to church...we had the best service. Have I mentioned that I love my church!? Afterwards, my sister, Joy and I had signed up for a cooking class at Williams-Sonoma. They offer these every weekend and teach you different techniques and recipes. This week was a cookie decorating class...couple of pics below. I didn't think to take a pic of our cookies before we ate them. Oops! :)

It was a jammed-packed weekend and lots of fun. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well!

Love to all,
Jill

Fun-Filled Weekend!

We had a fun weekend...we celebrated my parents birthdays on Friday evening. All of my brothers and sisters were able to make it and I had the best time! I have a precious family...I'm so blessed.

Sunday, I went to a baby shower for my sis-in-law, Kerri. Little Kandace will be here before we know it!


Several people have asked how my mother-in-law is doing...thank you! They have yet to remove her gallbladder. They ran tests and realized there were other problems that needed to be addressed before they could do surgery of any kind. They have been pumping her full of antibiotics and she is doing so much better! We are hoping she will get to go home tomorrow, actually! They want to give her a little time before removing the gallbladder, so she will probably go back in about 6 weeks to have that done.

I'm still working on my fall decor...I have a lot of it out but haven't finished. I'll post pics when I'm finally done. For all of you who have your fall decor out, post some pics...I would love to see them! I need some inspiration for my mantel! :)

Here are a few pics from the weekend! You will have to click on them to make them larger.

Love to all!
Jill