So, here we are over a week later and I'm finally getting to my basically picture-less post about our Thanksgiving. Here's the quick rundown.

On Thanksgiving day we went to my grandma's house for one heck of a good meal with my extended family on my mom's side. Oh man. I got full. It was great! =) We had the usual Thanksgiving feast suspects (yum!) and had a nice time visiting.

Then, Saturday, Dac and I hosted our very first big family meal. We had been busting our hineys (along with our families) to get our dining room complete enough to have Thanksgiving. We had started painting it several weeks ago (without going in to the long story, it had to have 2 coats of primer and like 3 or 4 coats of paint (orange paint...Georgian Leather to be exact.) We also put wainscoting and chair rail up and there ware some electrical issues that needed fixed too. Oh, and we needed a table and chairs. =) Everything got done except we didn't find a new light for over the table or new wall sconces and we still need to get a rug and decorations. Anyway, it was touch and go there for a while but thanks to a LOT of help (thanks guys) we had most everything done and the dinner was on. We invited my parents and Dac's parents, brother, sister and Grandma Jo over for supper Saturday night. I decided I wanted it to "taste" like Thanksgiving but also be laid back and fun and not quite so traditional and formal.

Here's what was on the menu:

Pre-Meal Snackages:
Cranberry-BBQ Meatballs (thanks Terese)
Parmesan Cheesy Breadsticks (thanks Mom)
Veggie Tray (thanks Val)
Oh, and of course, our edible centerpieces:

Guys, I am just in the depths of despair. We had our very first Thanksgiving (at our house) and I didn't take one picture...NOT ONE!! We completely forgot to get the camera out. I guess we were just so busy hosting that it never crossed our minds until after the fact. For my next post, I'll at least tell you about it...there just won't be much in the way of pictures to go along with it.

You all may remember about a month ago, I spilled my guts and wrote this post right before we got our pictures taken by Josh McCullock. Well, we got the pictures back and I'm going to share a few of our favorites with you. Dac and I loved the chance to switch roles for a while and we were so happy to let Josh take the lead and do what he wanted. I think he got some great shots.



 For us, this was a break from work, and we treated it like a little date. We had a great time and couldn't be happier to have some photos to adorn our Web site and the walls of our new place. After the session, the three of us headed to Old Chicago to shoot the breeze and talk nerdy photo people shop. =) One word....awesome. Thanks again Josh!

This was kind of a different session but a fun one. These guys have been friends since, well, forever, basically. Eighteen years later and they're still going strong (that sounds like an anniversary announcement doesn't it?) So, before they head off to college, etc... we got some BFF pictures for them! =)

Here's just a few:

For those of you around here, remember that first weekend in October, you know, the really super duper cold one?! THAT'S when we did Katy's pictures. I'm sure she was half froze to the bone but she didn't complain once (unlike me) and we had a fun time jumping around and dancing to keep warm (ok, by we I mean me). =)

Really, Katy is awesome. She's caring, sarcastic, smart, and a heck of a lot of fun to hang out with. Here's just a few from her session.

The same day we shot Melissa and Zach's session, we shot Jodi and Rusty's too. =) We shot these at 8:30 that morning. It was so, so cold out but they powered through it like a couple of rockstars and we had a great time. I went to high school with Jodi and it was fun to see her again (and my ol' pal Megan, who came along, and who I'm convinced is the culprit behind my donut addiction!) Speaking of donuts, I got some that morning. =) Two amazing maternity sessions with two awesome couples, and donuts....all in one morning? What a fabulous start to the day.

Anyway, I thought Jodi looked great and she and Rusty cracked me up. Kind of reminded me of us... Rusty was being goofy and Jodi had to tell him to straighten up a couple times. =) Glad we're not alone! Hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed taking them.