Loving Up On LONG Holiday Weekends...

It was a very nice holiday week..and I am sad it is over. :( But all good things must come to an end, right? At least that is what I have been telling myself, as tomorrow we all go back to work! HA!

I love the Thanksgiving holiday b.c it is just such a nice week with good food and good times. It is the very beginning of the Christmas season (which is my favorite time of the year), and there is lots of fun shopping, so much excitement and energy everywhere, and the super fun Texas/Texas A&M football game (and what a great game it was this year!). It also means that it is time to decorate the tree, the weather starts to get colder (even in Texas!!), and the holiday cheer kicks into high gear. What a special time. I am also excited about all of these first holidays with Braden. So fun! :)

My mom was here all week (Sunday to Sunday) and that was awesome!! She kept Braden while Chris and I worked Mon-Wed. Chris and I also got to enjoy some time out during the week too-movies, dinners, etc. What a wonderful treat! :)

The rest of our families had other plans this Turkey Day week...so we were all a little split up this year. For Turkey Day itself, we decided that since there were just three of us (plus Braden) that we were going to go out to lunch this year. No long hours in the kitchen cooking, no messy cleanup, and no food to feed an army. It sounded so good to all of us...and it WAS! :) We ate Thanksgiving lunch at Hill Country Pasta House. You might think it was all pasta by the name..but oh no...we ate our fair share of turkey, dressing, candied yams, veggies, pecan pie, the works! :) It was very yummy! And then once we were done we could just walk away. Loved it!! :) And we did not have so much turkey left over that we felt forced to eat it until 2010 either! HA! :)

Just a few pics of our week..... :)

Braden waking up Turkey Day morning and showing us how much he loved his Thanksgiving pillow from Mama Jet.. :)
Hill Country Pasta House...
Bugbee Family Thanksgving Day pic..
Chris and Mom smiling after a good meal....Braden just hanging out in his car seat watching us grub it up! :) Too bad he can only eat milk right now! HA!
Not sure why he is boycotting looking at the camera.. :)So we spent quite a bit of time this past weekend car shopping (about 3 days to be exact). We headed out to Ford and Nissan to check out the cars we had narrowed it down to- Expedition and Armada. That process is soooo draining! I finally had to just walk in with a dollar amount and say this was all we were going to pay, in order to move the whole thing along quicker. Sheesh!! Plus I broke my toe at some point over the weekend, so I did not feel like sitting in there all day! HA! :) Gotta love a taped up black and blue toe! :( But even with a broken toe, it all worked out in the end!! We drove home with a new coche on Sat night! :)

We said bye bye to the 5 1/2 year old Explorer. It was a great car for all of those years! :)

And we said hello to our new Aramada! :) We LOVE IT!! We love all of the room..it is just fabulous! :)
We are now officially a Nissan white car family..ha! :)
Then on Sunday we had Braden's baby dedication at our church. He did great and smiled at the perfect time...when Pastor was praying about his future friends and future wife! It was hysterical and he is just reaffirming how social he is! LOL! :)

Braden's first time in the new ride on the way to his dedication... :) We think he likes it!
Being on stage must have worn him out b.c he passed out afterward! LOL! :)
Just hanging out with Dad talking about his dedication...and how much he loves Jesus! :)