Pigeon Forge weekend!

On December 5-7, John T. & I headed to Pigeon Forge with Daniel & Brittany (soon to be Smiley) & Dustin & Whittney James. We stayed in a beautiful cabin in the middle of nowhere, and it was gREaT! I had only stayed in a cabin one time in my life in P. Forge, and it was NOT a good experience, so I was pleasantly surprised this time around. Daniel, Brittany, John T., me, & Whittney all rode up together on Friday & met Dustin for supper @ Texas Roadhouse. Our waitress was dressed as a Christmas tree, so that was fun..lol. We went grocery shopping afterwards for breakfast stuff for the next morning, then headed back to the cabin after looking at the lights. Saturday morning, I was the last one to get out of bed, and woke up to Brittany in my bed telling me that she had thrown up & was not feeling well at all. :o( We ate breakfast, and while Whittney & Dustin shopped all day, John T. & I stuck around with Britt & Daniel, while Brittany was trying to sleep off the stomach bug. I felt so sorry for her. While she slept, I ate, lived, & breathed football, as Saturday was the SEC championship. I also learned that John T. & Daniel could probably bicker about anything having to do with Peyton Manning & the Colts & the Titans. John T., being the HUGE Peyton fan that he is, and Daniel being the HUGE Titans fan he is made for an interesting Saturday! We ended up getting out around 8:00 pm to go to Tanger and then to see Four Christmases. We left Sunday morning & headed back to watch the Titans/Browns game at our house with Daniel & Brittany...already looking forward to Dec.28th...Colts vs. Titans!

Brittany feeling much better on Sunday...we had to get our caramel apples!

Our beautiful cabin! Thanks Dustin! :o)

My love & I

Fantasy of Trees

On Saturday, November 29, I went with my in-laws to the annual Fantasy of Trees in Knoxville. I remember always going as a little kid to make Christmas ornaments & sugar cookies & going with Whittney when she danced with Arts in Motion. John T.'s mom & sisters had never been, and his mamaw had only been a handful of times, so I was excited to go with them. I was especially excited to see how Jayden would react to everything. She is at the age where she loves anything crafty! We started out by looking at all of the beautiful trees, and then, we headed to all of the craft booths, where Jayden made everything from a thumb print Christmas ornament to an itsy bitsy tree. She LOVED it all! I even got to decorate a sugar cookie, which was the highlight of my day and the best $1 I have ever spent! ;o)

Jayden with her santa hat & itsy bitsy tree...this picture makes me smile

Taleah, me, & Jayden I LOVED this TN men's b-ball tree

All of us in the winter wonderland with the penguins...:o) Merry CHRISTmas!

Our first Christmas tree!

John T. & I both (yes, both of us) were really excited to put the tree up. John T. wanted to put it up before Thanksgiving, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it! I felt like that Thanksgiving was almost forgotten this year with all of the Christmas decorations being out so early. We had a great Thanksgiving. John T. worked until 2:00, so I went to my aunt Sharon's in Loudoun @ 12:30, and then headed back to Wartburg to go to John T.'s mamaw's @ 2:30. After that, we headed to my nanny's @ 4:30, then we ended the night at John T.'s granny's for a late supper after Tim got off work @ 7:30. I definitely felt like a stuffed turkey after it was all over! On Black Friday, I got up super early to catch a deal @ Wal-Mart in Rockwood @ 5:00 a.m., then I headed to Turkey Creek for the deals @ Target, Goody's, & Victoria's Secret. I picked up everything I went after and was back home by 10:00 am! We put our tree up Friday night, and I think it turned out pretty good for our first time. :o) I took the picture at the bottom right after we finished. The other pictures are of random decorations around the house. I love CHRISTmas! :o)

My Hallmark gingerbread house

:o)

Our kitchen table

We had no where else in the house to put our stockings! LoL CHRISTmas tree!

Catching up...

So, I am tired of seeing pumpkins on my blog, since fall is far behind us! A LOT has happened in a month, and I am excited to catch everybody up. :o)

Tag, You're It!

I was tagged by Cindy to play a little blog game and it goes like this.....go to your 4th picture folder and click on the 4th picture. Post and give 4 thoughts on the picture....pass on the tag to 4 people!

1. This is from mine & John T.'s trip this year to pick out pumpkins!

2. I really wanted to get more picutures, but I was being stared at by the other people there, and I felt like an idiot!

3. We picked out 2 small pumpkins & 2 medium sized pumpkins to put on our porch.

4. I LOVE FALL! :o)

I now tag:

1. Amanda Crass

2. Laura Fritts

3. Misty Magill

4. Kristy Smith

Trick or Treat 2008

On Halloween, it is a huge tradition in my family for everyone to come to my mom & dad's to hand out candy and enjoy hot dogs, chili, and tons of other yummy foods! This year, we went all out and had monster toes, ghosts on broomsticks, orange chocolate covered strawberries, & mummy pizzas, just to name a few! We usually have tons of trick-or-treaters, and while we did end up with over 200, it still seemed kind of down this year. We still had tons of fun, though! Before we headed to my mom's, we stopped by John T.'s parents' house to see Jayden all dressed up. She had in her mind that she wanted to be a butterfly but then changed her mind at the last minute to be Cinderella. She looked adorable, as well as all of the trick-or-treaters we had at mom & dad's!

Logan & Abigail Roberts...I LOVED their costumes!

Our first Halloween as husband & wife!

Cinderella (Miss Jayden Armes) ready to go trick or treating! Mason Roberts as Mickey Mouse...he is the cutest ever!

Jessica, Jayden, & John T.

We have been married for OnE mOnTh!

A month ago today I married my best friend! Married life is so much fun, and we are loving it more and more each day! On October 5-October 11, we took a wonderful honeymoon (Carnival) cruise to Nassau & Freeport, Bahamas. We left from Norfolk, VA, on Sunday, October 5. We were on the ocean Sunday & Monday, arrived in Nassau Tuesday morning, and we docked there for two days. Wednesday night we headed out for Freeport and arrived there early Thursday morning. We left Thursday night and headed back to Norfolk, VA, and arrived there early Saturday morning. It was so incredibly relaxing, and we enjoyed every minute of it!

We just got on the boat in Norfolk, VA!

At the Atlantis Resort in Nassau

Us with one of our many towel animals...my favorite!

The Lido Deck