As you can see, John and I were busy this weekend getting the house ready for the holidays. We now have the tree and a few other Christmas decorations up. Hopefully, we will finish the iniside decorating and begin putting lights up outside by this time next week. Then...the real fun begins....Christmas Shopping!! As is the tradition in our famiy, I (we) will be hosting Thanksgiving at our house this week. My parents and Beth and her family will be here this year to have dinner with us. Greg and his family are taveling to Missouri to be with friends, so our group is a little smaller than usual. Guess that means that there will be more turkey (and rice pudding) leftovers to share! YUM! John and I wish you all a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving, and we are looking forward to getting together with all of you during the holidays.
The Jarvis' enjoyed a full weekend of birthday "partying"! Saturday, November 10th was John's birthday, so we began the celebration on Friday night with Sandy & Al and Jimmy and Shelley. We met for dinner at Da Francesco's Italian Restaurant and enjoyed a "delicioso" Italian dinner. After dinner, everyone came to our house for birthday cake, ice cream and presents!!!!! Woo Hoo! On Saturday, the celebration continued. After John got home from school (yes, he's STILL going to school!), we drove up to Frankenmuth with our friend, Cathy, where we had their "famous chicken dinner" followed by some shopping at Bronner's. Sunday was more cake, ice cream and presents when we went to my daughter and son-in-law's house to celebrate all four grandchildren's birthdays. I think we truly reached our "cake quota" for the year! And by the way....in case anyone is curious...MY birthday is in July...(wink, wink).
Fall was in it's glory this weekend, so I took a few pictures in my back yard and thought I'd share them with you. Hope you enjoy them. We had a pretty quiet weekend. Saturday afternoon was spent cleaning and straightening the house (because we all know how messy John is!lol). Saturday night we went to a party hosted by our good friends, Jack and Leona, at their son and daughter-in-law's house. It was great to see everyone we haven't seen in several years and the food was delicious! Sunday we went to church and just spent a quiet afternoon and evening at home. All in all...a very good weekend.
'Velcome to our blog....don't be afraid...we won't hurt you! Yes...Halloween 2007 is now history. I hope yours was as much fun as ours was! John and I spent the evening with John, Jr., his wife, Jessica and the two grandkids, Josh & Lexi and their dog, Jeffery (who looks exactly like my dog, Toby). We all left at about 6:00 p.m. to take the kids trick or treating and they were pretty well pooped out by 7:00. The weather was very nice, though it was a little windy, and the rain held off until 8:30 when we came back home. It has been about 3 or 4 years since I have gone out with the little ones, and John and I both had a great time. I always love to see the little kids in their cute costumes. We also got to see some "kids" who looked to be about 25! Now THAT is always scary! Anyway, it was a fun way to spend an evening...much better than watching TV.
Since getting married, I think that I must be settling into the "nesting" mode because this is the second weekend in a row that I opted for inviting people over for dinner. Sunday was my sister-in-law, Cyndi's birthday. So I invited Cyndi, Greg and the kids and Grandma & Grandpa over for dinner, birthday cake and, of course,PRESENTS! Woo Hoo! We enjoyed a nice dinner that included pork roast, mashed potatoes, cole slaw and veggies. Everything must have been pretty good, because we certainly didn't have many leftovers! After dinner we all stuffed ourselves with German chocolate cake (Cyndi's favorite) and ice cream. Cyndi was then showered with birthday gifts....jewelery and cologne from Mom & Dad and a sweater, earrings and a set of kitchen bowls from John and I. We were also able to fit in a few games of "Apples To Apples", as well as popcorn and a movie. Yep...this family sure knows how to "party down"! Hope you enjoyed your weekend too!
So....how was YOUR Sweetest Day?? I know, I know...I'm only about a week late! But Sweetest Day at the Jarvis house was very nice. As you can see, I received some very beautiful roses from my sweetie! We had friends over for dinner in the evening, so my day was spent cleaning the house and doing the cooking. Our company arrived about 6:00 p.m. and we had a very deeeelicious dinner of bbq'd ribs (even if I do say so, myself!). After dinner we enjoyed some apple and chocolate pies and played several games of "Apples To Apples". All in all, a very enjoyable evening!
We had yet another wild party weekend! I know, you're saying to yourself, "How do they do it...and at their age???" Well, let me tell you....it is NOT easy! lol Actually, we had a very nice weekend. Friday night was spent with our friends, Sandy & Al and Jimmy and Shelley. We went out for a great dinner at Kruse & Muer's Restaurant in Rochester (Where, BTW, they were putting up all the Christimas lights!). After dinner, everyone came to our house for some of John's homemade apple pie & ice cream (mmmm...yummy!) while we watched "Ghost Whisperer" & "Moonlight".
On Saturday John and I went out to dinner with Sandy & Al and their daughter, Kirsten to celebrate Kirsten's birthday. Dinner was great...followed by birthday cake at Kirsten's house. Then we all watched a movie together, and Sandy even managed to stay awake for the ENTIRE movie! Amazing!
Sunday John & I went to church, after which we drove up to Ruby Tree Farm near Pt. Huron where we, once again hooked up with "the gang" (Sandy, Al, Jimmy, Shelley, Sandy's mom, sisters, son & daughter-in-law, grandkids and other extended family) and we enjoyed a beautiful fall day, ate hotdogs and apple cider, donuts and caramel apples. The little kids took a carousel ride and all of us took a spin on the tractor train. We went to the petting zoo (kind of stinky!), and took a walk on the nature trails. It was a perfect Fall weekend and I think I can speak for everyone when I say, "A good time was had by all!". Hope you enjoy the pictures!
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