Sunday, November 29, 2009

Deck the Halls




Some friends came over last night for Thanksgiving Dinner #2, and also helped us decorate the tree. It was great! We are so blessed with awesome friends to laugh with, and share good times! I kind of want to make this an annual thing...where we have friends come over to help decorate the tree.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thanksgiving Blessings





We had a GREAT Thanksgiving, spent with great friends! It was the first year we hosted it, and went off without a hitch! Danielle and I split up the menu, and each made a decent amount of food. Here are just a few pics from the day

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Nerv-cited...

I made up a word...nerv-cited. Feel free to use it anytime (no charge).

This year, John and I are hosting Thanksgiving at our house, and a bunch of friends are coming over. I'm very blessed to have a good friend, Danielle, who is helping make some sides. I have never had a big holiday over my house, so I'm nerv-cited...nervous/excited!

Our Menu-

Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Squash Bake
Creamed Onions (sound gross, but are a Dorr tradition!)
Glazed carrots
Green Bean Casserole
Stuffing
Corn Casserole
Cranberry Sauce
Blueberry Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Cherry Pie
Apple Crisp

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Payback???






Well, like most people...we are experiencing a crazy Nor'Easter here in Southeast VA! There has been insane rain, and wind for the last two days. My mom is visiting for a long weekend, so this has been an interesting start to the weekend.

The three of us were hanging out in the living room (with INSANE rain & wind in the background), when we all hear unusually loud noises coming from the backyard. I told John, with a serious tone, that he needed to move the deck chairs into the garage. I was worried that they'd be lifted by the strong winds, and do damage. John thought that maybe it was the neighbor's gate slamming open and shut from the wind. John opened the curtain to the back deck door, and seriously...AN OAK TREE CRASHED ONTO OUR DECK, AND PART OF THE ROOF!! YIKES!!!

Talk about divine intervention! If John had listed to me, and gone outside...he could very possibly had been crushed by the oak tree! Scary!

Both of us speechless, we decided to take photos of the damage, and call our insurance company before anything else. We did both things, and now we're going to just try and relax the rest of the night.

Our insurance company is sending someone first thing in the morning to look at the damage, and take care of it.

Maybe this is payback for us cutting the trees down in our yard. This could possibly be their way of saying 'Payback....'