Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great this year! Tyler and I drove home with the doggies on Tuesday night and got into Fort Mill around 4:15 am! We were so glad to finally be visiting home b/c we hadn't been home in about 5 months! Crazy, I know...We went to Joanne's (future step-mom!) on Thanksgiving but first we stopped in Salisbury so that we could see Tyler's family too. We had so much fun in Mt. Airy! Joanne's house is g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s. Seriously. It's amazing. The food was great and it was so nice to see some family that we hadn't seen since our wedding. It's too bad we all live so far apart. Tyler and I aim to move back closer to Charlotte once he gets his wrestling going and we don't have to live in Louisville. At least we'll be closer to some family that way. Anyway, we loved seeing everyone and getting on the webcam after dinner so we could see the rest of the diPretoro's that couldn't make it was really fun too! Unfortunately, Tyler and I forgot our camera in Louisville so we didn't get to take any pictures. If anyone has some that they could e-mail me that would be great! My e-mail is jollygreen315@hotmail.com. I LOVE taking pictures and I was so upset about forgetting our camera.

The day after Thanksgiving we got our little bit of shopping in and then we got a tree with Tyler's family. It's 11 feet tall and perfectly shaped! We didn't have enough time to help decorate it this year so when we go back for Christmas, it will be our first time seeing it all lit up and pretty. On Friday night, we went to see the new James Bond movie. I didn't like it as much as I liked the first one with Daniel Craig but I still liked it a lot. On Saturday, we did a little more shopping and then made our best attempt to pack up and get ready to go back to Louisville. We planned on leaving by 3 or 4 but we didn't leave until 5:15. The dogs did great on the trip home. Peter slept most of the way and Charlie just looked out the window at the landscape and other cars. He couldn't have been seeing much since it was dark out though.

We went to bed as soon as we got back into town and then the next morning we went out and got a Christmas tree! Our ceilings are only 8 feet high but we went ahead and got an 8.5 foot tree and just cut the very top branches off! It can't be that much taller than last year's tree but it seems so much bigger. Probably b/c it just about touches the ceiling. Peter didn't pay much attention to the tree at first but now he's getting more and more interested. It's been a bit of a challenge to keep him from nibbling on the bottom branches. Having presents under there now helps block him from getting too close. And Charlie goes crazy when he sees reflections of light or spotlights shining on things so he likes to stare at the wall by the tree where the lights are shining on it. He would stand there for days if we didn't stop him. After we set up the tree, we did the rest of the decorating and everything looks great! Tyler is very creative when it comes to decorating. We can't wait to go back home again in one week! My boss is letting me have the whole week of Christmas off which is so great b/c we'll get to spend more time with family!

We hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And hopefully you've already received our Christmas card but if you haven't, it's on it's way!