Thanksgiving Recap

I'm only a week behind, but boy did we have a great Thanksgiving!

(at Zack's grandparents)

We started off the long holiday weekend by heading to Salisbury to spend time with Zack's family. We had a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the fixins', including crock pot mac-n-cheese, creamed corn, and peanut butter kissy cookies :)

After a fun night of talking, laughing, and spending time with family, we headed out to brave the Black Friday folks at Belks... see below...

(the line to get in Belks...)

Belks was C-R-A-Z-Y and we managed to get in and out in about an hour, but without the one item we were really going for- a Christmas tree.

While we were in Salisbury, I met a new feline friend. Zack and I named him Zazzles from an episode of "The Big Bang Theory", where Sheldon gets a cat and names him Zazzles, because he's so "Zazzy" :) I hope to see Zazzles on future visits!!



(me and Zazzles. He looks like a "Zazzles", doesn't he?!)

After we returned from Salisbury, we had a hang out night with Brices and that was all kinds of fun! Watching Elf, NC State Basketball, and the boys build legos made for such a fun night with the sweetest friends!

(so much fun playing with Star Wars legos)



We spent the rest of the holiday together and with my family. We had a nice time both my dad and my mom at Thanksgiving dinners and we also finally got to go see the new James Bond movie. It's so great- if you like Bond, GO SEE IT!!

From the fun night at the Brices, to the good food with all the family, to going to see Bond, to watching mulitple Christmas movies, all in all, we had a perfect first Thanksgiving as married folks :)

Looking forward to all Christmas has in store!!

A Carscaddon Craft

Zack and I got crafty this past week. We got a free microwave cart from my job and it was hideous when it arrived at our house. See below...

So we took off to Lowes and got some nice paint and hardware. We tarped the kitchen floor and opened up the paint can. Zack sanded this baby down and I got everything ready to go. I went to put the first coat on and the paint was literally like painting with milk!! Gross gross gross. LESSON LEARNED FROM THIS PROJECT----GET PAINT SHAKEN UP AT THE STORE. Silly me forgot to get the paint stirred so it was a nightmare from the start! I took the paint back the next day to get properly shaken and after 7 coats of paint...TAAAA-DAAAAA...here's our new masterpiece!!

This has only been set up for 2 days now, but I already LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I am so pleased with how this turned out and am so excited to start my next craft project... painting old windows to be frames :) Stay tuned...

What 6 Months Can Do...

Today Zack and I celebrate 6 months of marriage! My how the past 6 months have FLOWN by!! As I reflect over the first 6 months of our marriage, I also see just how much change has happened in this season of our lives. Just a glimpse of what the past 6 months has done in our lives...

1-marriage (that in itself is a big enough adjustment!!)
2- Zack graduating college 
3- traveling to Bahamas (my first time out of country)
4- my new job at Camp Oak Hill
5- Zack's first job at Northern
6- moving away from home
7- moving back to Raleigh
8- Zack getting a car (still trying to sell the Jeep)
9- becoming financially independent...is no joke!!

Nonetheless, this chapter of our lives has been flavored fully with change! We are finally leveling out some and things are slowing down (or we're learning to adjust really well)! Here's to many many more anniversaries (whether they by big or small) :) 

A Whirlwind Week!!

This past week was crazy busy, but in a good way!! 

Between Zack getting bunnies in his classroom, to Camp Oak Hill moving office space, to Halloween, the ever-exciting Meredith College Cornhuskin', and even some Wolfpack football,  it was a packed week of seeing old friends and celebrating (with a lot of work in there too)! 

Zack has been working on getting bunnies in his classroom since the trip to the Fair with the FFA and they finally arrived this week :)

In my working world, this week was the BIG MOVE! Camp Oak Hill moved office space. We've moved on up to the 3rd floor! Below is a before and current picture of what I'm doing at work. Finished pictures to come...

We're so excited about our green wall!

Yes, I know, I have my hands full!

This week was also full of fun with so many different friends! I enjoyed going to Can Art, we loved going Trunk-or-Treating with the Brices, we had too much fun at Cornhuskin' Friday night, and cheered for the Pack Saturday at the Game with friends! 

Some of my beautiful girls at Can Art

Avery was the cutest ladybug I've seen!

Post-Corn Ihop tradition :)

Fun at the Game, despite the outcome

 How blessed we've been this week by good friends and good times!