time flys when you are having fun!

I woke up this morning and just had to shake my head.. I couldn't believe that it was time to head back to school already. We had a great break and really enjoyed the time off. On Friday we(Nathan and I, Gavin and Mom) made the trip into the City for some Black Friday shopping. This was a first! I know- its hard to believe but at The Railing house the day after Thanksgiving was reserved for decorating and cutting down the tree(s). Nathan thought it would be fun to see what all of the talk was about! Well, much to our surprise the city was VERY empty. I guess it was because everyone was headed to the mall instead but it was great for us! We walked up and down Michigan Ave checking out all of the deals without much hassle at all. Later in the day it got a bit busier but nothing like we had thought. For lunch Gavin wanted us to go to his favorite pizza joint(that he didn't know where it was)- so we walked and walked and walked to find this tiny little pizza place. We gave him a hard time but I must say it was pretty yummy. We all filled ourselves with a deep dish pizza and finished off the day with a little popcorn treat from Garretts!
  Saturday we spent the day decorating the house! It was a blast. Mom brought up some things from her house to share with us. I think this is something that every girl dreams of! My dad had gotten her a piece of Christmas Lenox each year when they were first married- it might be one of my favorite things to get out at Christmas. This year since we are going to be up here for the holidays she brought it us to put at our house!!! Thanks MOM(and Dad)!

 Nathan was a great sport and untangled the lights for us while he watched the Boilers!! :)

 After we finished the inside we headed outside to put up the rest of the lights. Nathan did a great job this year- I must say that our house looks the best on the block!

 

Sunday we went on a wild Christmas tree hunt only to find a drunk man that was trying to sell his tree farm. So unfortunately we will have to wait until later in the week to go cut down our tree. I will post pictures of the inside and out all finished once we get the tree up! :)
 Mom is heading out tomorrow(sad) it has been great having her here. The best part is that she is coming back in just a few weeks!

 This weekend I was also busy getting the 721photography blog up and running. Have I mentioned that I really love my new(2nd) job!