Just wanted to post a few pics from the holidays. Over Thanksgiving we had Dave's mom, stepdad, and one of his younger brothers here. We half smoked/half baked a turkey :) and had dressing, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and rolls. It was all yummy! Dessert was crack brownies (brownies with peanut butter cups, marshmallows, and peanuts). Hayden and Livee ended up having strep by the end of the week, so that put a damper on things. And by that Sunday, I had come down with it as well. I had at least gotten the tree up before I got sick, so Christmas prep just needed a bit of finishing.
Christmas was a nightmare to plan this year because of Dave's work schedule (he's still off on Thursdays and Fridays) conflicting with Hayden's school schedule (he didn't get out until the Friday before Christmas). We had everything planned out with a lot of running around on our parts. The weekend before Christmas Dave's mom and siblings came over to celebrate. Christmas day we were going to drive to B'ham for lunch with the Dave's dad's side and come home that evening. Then we were going to drive to Muscle Shoals on Wednesday evening after he got off of work. He would come back Friday and the kiddos and I would stay until Monday.
On Christmas Eve morning, Dave went to work. A little later, I received a call from his father that his beloved Granddaddy had died. I finally got in touch with Dave and he came home. The funeral was scheduled for Thursday, so Dave secured his bereavement days and we replanned our holidays. We still stayed home for Christmas morning and left that day for Birmingham. We headed to Muscle Shoals on Thursday evening and stayed until Sunday.
We were reminded this holiday season how important it is to tell your loved ones how you feel as often as you can.
Here are some pictures:
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