Overnight Road trips Always sound like fun...

Scott and I braved the Thanksgiving travel hoard and rented a car to drive to Ohio for the blessed event. Everyone was home (besides my little brother who spent his Thanksgiving in Honduras in a short sleeve dress shirt, tie, slacks, and name tag), and my sister Janine has just recently had a baby so we were able to be there for her blessing.

I bought two audiobooks to listen to (which shall remain nameless) and we listened to them in their entirety on the way there and back. I love a good road trip, and the way there was great as soon as we got out of the city after nearly two hours of crawling on the Henry Hudson. We left around 4:00 PM and arrived around 4:00 AM. I made up for the lack of sleep the next night when I went to bed at 9:30 PM and woke up at 9:30 AM. I fell asleep before Scott came to bed and he took an unflattering sleeping picture of me...he's got a good little collection of those.

We had a lovely time, I got to do some Black Friday shopping with my sisters + the baby, though I skipped out on their midnight Target run. My mom bought me a Crock Pot and a lamp. All good things.

The trip back East was a little harder as my body tends to shut down right around the time we were leaving Ohio, we stopped at WalMart for provisions (Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Red Vines, etc.) and started on our way. We set out at 11:00 PM and I was nodding off (I was also not driving) pretty soon after that. I don't like to be sleeping when someone else is driving (control issues) so I was getting upset at myself every time I would fall asleep. Luckily, my boy is a "road warrior" and got us home safe and sound.

Besides Thanksgiving, we have been trucking along here in the city. Scott passed his last CPA Exam (Hallelujah Chorus? yes that's what that is) and I am nearing the end of the semester. I was walking to work this morning through one of the Christmas tree lots and I thought to myself that I have not put a single festive thing up in our apartment and I don't care. It's very strange, I don't like it. We even skipped the Park Avenue Tree Lighting last night because the thought of doing anything other than curling up into a ball on the couch under a blanket was too much for me. Super dramatic, right? You would be surprised to know that prior to this wave of laziness that occurred on Sunday I had one of my more productive weeks (apart from cleaning my apartment but we won't talk about that.) I also had a sort of epiphany, all of the stuff that has been going on with both Scott and I, working, school, photo shoots, baby showers, Primary (Scouts for him), has all made me a more organized and productive person. I have felt like I have been using my time more wisely and I do feel more appreciative of the challenges that we have faced in the last couple of months (I was telling Scott about my feelings on this the other day and instead of "couple of months" I said "the last quarter" and he made fun of me...).

We're just growing up....and it's ok.

Sabrina's blessing day 

holding her big brother's hand

Twins

the kiddos in the woods

Not doctored. Her eyes are ridiculous. 

Sabrina slept on Scott for long periods of time. He said it was because of his "Tempur-Pedic Tummy"

This picture makes my heart hurt...

...in a good way. 

nana+dani

Giggles!