Thanksgiving with the Bobbs

Another fantastic Thanksgiving spent with the Bobb family. My in-laws reserved the MACC (our community center) this year for our shindig. There were around (give or take a couple) 50 people present to share the festivities. The kids had a blast running around the gym after dinner and it was nice to have a place to get up and go walk around to burn off all that wonderful food!! Of course, we had enough food to feed 300 mouths!! Although, I'm sure after the troops leave my mother and father-in-law's house by Sunday there won't be a scrap leftover. It's so nice to see all of my hubby's siblings and their families. Most of them live pretty far away, so we are glad to get together! The cousins all had a wonderful time and will be sad on Sunday when their "best buddies" go home. Each one of my kids has a "special" cousin who they are close in age to and always look forward to seeing this time of year.
And of course, there is always the excitement of getting to see Aunt T. Tracey is married to my hubby's brother and she and Mike are my kids' Godparents. They ADORE her and love spending time with her. Not to mention, I do too. Trace is a true blessing to us. Her unconditional love to those around her is truly inspiring to me. She is such a wonderful example of how a mom, sister, daughter, aunt, and friend should be. If you happen to read this........Tracey, I LOVE YOU!!

This week I am going to try and work on some crafty things. Christmas decorations mostly. I really would love to deck this house out in all things sparkly and Christmasy (is that even a word LOL), but I have gotten the eyeball roll a few times already for mentioning needing help with outside decorations. Maybe I can sweet talk one of my hubby's friends into helping me.

Finally got to do some things I've been wanting to do for a while now.....
Made the snowballs out of styrofoam balls, spray adhesive and fake snow. I LOVE how they turned out.
Also made the candle holders today.... pretty cute, huh?
I'm getting excited to get more winter decorations out. Erin says to me tonight, "Ummm, mom we didn't even have Thanksgiving yet!" I know love, but it will come and go before we know it! So, these things are going to stay out and maybe I'll sneak some more tomorrow!

One of my dilemmas when starting a project; or should I say when trying to finish it; is choosing a color. I have a really hard time deciding on what color to paint things. Here is a picture of some chairs I bought for a dollar a piece at a yard sale. I LOVE them, but just can't make up my mind on the color scheme to go with. Maybe someone out there could give me some ideas?? Pleeeaaase.....

Well, here I go........ Gonna give this blogging a try. I spend way too much time on so many other blogs, just lurking around. I figure, I might as well start my own. I really won't get anything done now!! Oh well. Hoping to meet new people, as well. There are so many crafty mamas out there who inspire me almost daily. It would be great to meet some.
Happy day everyone!