I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We got to go to 4 family Thanksgivings this year; two on Thursday, one on Saturday, and one on Sunday, so needless to say, we were well-fed all weekend :) We drove home Thursday morning and went straight to Jesse's aunt and uncle's house, then went to my aunt and uncle's house in the evening. Friday, my sister and I spent most of the day at the church, decorating and preparing for the party that we threw for our parent's 25th anniversary. It went really well; we had SO many people there! We even put bells on the table for people to ring to make our parents kiss and made them feed each other cake :) Krista and I were SO tired that night! Saturday, we went over to Jesse's sister's house for his dad's family Thanksgiving. Sunday, we were "heathens" and skipped church to go out for breakfast with Dustin and Krista; we figured that we never get to do stuff like that with them, and with two babies on the way, that was probably our last chance! We then went up to my grandparent's house for my mom's family Thanskgiving and spent the day up there, before coming home that evening.
My mom and Krista very graciously came home with us that Sunday night to help us move on Monday. We woke up on Monday to about 3 inches of snow on the ground...not an ideal day for a move, but is any day an "ideal" day to move??? Moving is NEVER fun! Our friend Josh brought his parent's 15-passenger van from the suburbs and helped us all day, and then our friends Vernon and Andrea (Vernon and Josh are brothers) came that afternoon and helped out for a little bit. We were VERY blessed that everything went smoothly (besides trying to get our couch into our new apartment...), and to have such AMAZING friends and family to come and help us! I don't know what we would have done without them! We spent Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night making short trips back to the old apartment to finish bringing the rest of our stuff and to get the place clean, and then Jesse went over there on Thursday after school and made a few final trips and mopped the kitchen floor. So we are officially moved into our new apartment...but not quite settled! We will post pictures once we settle in a little more. There really isn't a whole lot more to do, and what is left can't really be done until we put up some shelving; for now, it's just about organizing the clutter that is left after all the big stuff has been put away.
Jesse finishes up school for the semester next week; please keep him in your prayers as he studies for finals and practices for his juries! Thankfully, he is only taking two classes next semester, which will be nice once the baby comes! I just can't wait for him to be on Christmas break, when we can actually spend time together in the evening! I mean, we get to be at home at the same time, but it's not the same when he has to be doing homework or practicing guitar. I'm sure he's even more anxious than me to be done for the semester and be able to relax a little for a few weeks!
We will be home for Christmas; as of now, the plan is to come home either the evening of the 23rd or sometime on the 24th and stay through that Sunday. Krista is due to have their baby that Sunday, so we'll see how everything goes! We will also be home that following weekend for another family Christmas.
I think that's all for now...I'll post pictures of the apartment once we're settled in, and I'll post some new belly pics soon ;)
