The Four Days of Thanksgiving!

The last four days have been the most relaxing, wonderful days we have had in a long time.  We have been so busy this fall and been looking forward to these past four days off to enjoy family, friends and much needed rest and relaxation.  And those three things are exactly what we did... along with lots of eating!

Wednesday, evening we put up our Christmas decorations.  I loved going through our ornaments as we hung them on the tree, each holds a special memory from a trip, special event or occasion.  We have a great start to a tree filled with so many special memories.  I look forward to many more ornaments with special memories to add to our tree in the years to come!

Thursday, we enjoyed the day at my patents house preparing for the famous "Overbeck Fried Turkey" with all the fixings.  It was a perfect day of football, food, laughter, a nap, and the unfortunate ending to the Texas vs. Texas A&M Football game.  I am a Longhorn by birth, but an Aggie by marriage, so I choose to support my hubby and suited up in maroon and hoped for the best... but against our best wishes the Aggs lost.  Even though the game didn't end up like we had hoped it was still a great day with family and a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Friday, we spent the day watching a handful of great College Football games along with some yummy football snacks, some I tried out for the first time.  The new recipe I tried was Fried Pickles and Fried Jalapenos!  They were SOOOOO good.  I saw a recipe and it inspired me to give it a try... I ended up using a batter recipe and they turned out great, but if you are up for the task give this one a a try... I found it on Pintrest!

And Friday evening we enjoyed drinks at Jaspers with some of my favorite people.  We have been friends for as long as I can remember and share so many memories and years together!  Michelle and Kim, it was so great to hang out and catch up... like a day never passed since the last time we saw each other.  And our hubbies also joined in on the fun!

Saturday, we spent 95% of the day on the sofa... the other 5% having a late lunch/early dinner at The Counter (aka my favorite burger place in The Woodlands hands down!)  Saturday was by far our most favorite day... what can be better than a relaxing day on the sofa with the one you love!

Sunday, aka today, was filled with church, errands, Christmas shopping, and a very special little boy's 1st Birthday Party.  Now we are catching up on house chores, final touches on our Christmas decor and a full week back at the office.

The Birthday Boy!  Happy Birthday William!

I hope that the last few days have been just as relaxing and enjoyable as ours have been.  We are so incredibly blessed and thankful and we pray many blessings and love to each of you throughout this Christmas season and into the New Year.

With much love and thankful hearts - The Ingram's!

Living Room Furniture

Since I said I would do a special post just for our new furniture here it is... we have definitely enjoyed every second on our new sofa and leather chair/ottoman!

Here is the back story... in July we decided that we would use the remainder of our Pottery Barn credit and registry completion discount to purchase the sofa of our dreams (that is a little exaggerated but somewhat true) and finally pulled the trigger.  We did know when we ordered the sectional sofa that it would be 8-10 weeks before it was delivered but it ended up being 12+ weeks.  So we both learned a lot about patience during this process.  Any who, the sofa was finally delivered along with the end tables, and coffee tables we also ordered and with a handful of trips to Pottery Barn our living room is finished!  (The reason for the trips to PB was they delivered our coffee table with a huge gash in the box, which meant the table had a HUGE scratch on it! Why USP would you deliver a box like that?)  But we are 100% satisfied and enjoying our new furniture!

A few photos from the process!

Before...

After...

 Jay's new favorite chair in the entire house!!!

The Very GRAND Canyon

This past week Jay and I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Grand Canyon (GC) while we were in Phoenix for a friends wedding.  This was our first time to the GC and it was breath taking and just unbelievable.  If you have not been... you must put it on your bucket list!  Here are a few photos from our adventure to the GC.

Words can't say how spectacular it was!

 Ice sickles... Yes, it was that cold!

The ceremony was just beautiful!  We sang "How Great is our God" and it was so special to worship with Blake and Melissa on their special day!

The Bride and Groom with the groomsmen and ushers!  A good looking group!

The Famous In & Out Burger!  It was good, but I think Five Guys Burgers is better!

Sorry for the blurry photos, this was at the rehearsal dinner.