Holidy Tea Pictures

Hello!  I thought I would share with you a few photos from the women's holiday tea that I take part in every year at our church.  It the largest outreach event for the women's ministries.  Each year, we bring around 800 ladies together from the community, some that go to our church and some that have been invited by members of the church like me.  I always invite my mom, my mother-in-law, my best friend, and then I try to think of other ladies to invite to fill my table of 8.  As a hostess, I get to decorate my table for 8, anyway I like, with a few guidelines.  A holiday theme, and certain items you must have on your table to serve tea, scones, cookies, lemon curd, devon cream, water, and such.  It's always a lot of fun and gets me in the mood for Christmas!

Take a look at my table this year:

And who doesn't love to eat scones with lemon curd and devon cream?!  It's the best!  The baker that makes them each year, makes a wide selection of yummy scones.  Like pumpkin, cinnamon, blueberry, cherry almond, and others.  And besides what pregnant woman doesn't love to eat?!

Take a look at me at the tea below.  Although the tea was a couple of weeks ago, you can tell how big I'm getting! lol

me with my best friend kim

I need to get better pictures on here, like from the side angle so you can truly tell how far I'm sticking out!  I'm getting huge!  With about 3 more months to ago!  Time is flying by fast!  It's hard to believe we are going to be parents in just 3 short months!  It's exciting and scary at the same time! 

Enjoy your weekend lovelies!

Stressful Times, and Easier Tomorrows.....

Hey Girls!  I have no recent pictures!  So here's a few pictures from Thanksgiving that I never did actually post!  I'm leaving Thursday morning at 7am so it's crunch time!  I have very little packed, and I still need to buy a couple of needed clothes for the trip!  I looked through my closet and it doesn't seem like I have much for a vacation in Mexico.  It's supposed to be high 70's and into the 80's.  So definitely warmer than the weather we've been having here.  And of course, that type of clothes I need I can't really find in stores right now, since it's out of season!  I'm looking for casual summer skirts or simple shorts.  Not much luck in town, but I'm heading up to our mall for a quick trip after this, so let's hope I find something! 

Awkward picture I know, but wanting to show you the skirt I wore!

Everything has been so hectic around her this week before vacation, Saturday and Sunday, my husband was sick, with flu like symptoms.  He was miserable!  Thankfully he has recovered before the vacation!  And then Sunday night my mom was emitted into the hospital and they ended up having to do surgery early this morning.  So we were there with her yesterday and today up until now.  It was an unexpected thing, but thankfully all went well.  They had to remove a very large kidney stone that was stuck in the narrowest spot, and would no go any further.  So they had to operate to remove it and relieve her pain!

It was a success and she is doing better.  It's just kind of bad timing for everything to be going wrong!  Yikes!  I'm kind of stressed! 

On a completely different not, I wanted to be sure to share with you the turkey my 21 year old brother actually made, brine and all for Thanksgiving!  I meant to show you sooner, but didn't get around to it.  We were all so impressed with him, he's never made a turkey before, and he volunteered to make two this year, each for a different get together.  This one has bacon wrapped around it and the brine, which adds flavoring to it, was very delicious!  We were all so proud of him!  Look at the lovely presentation too!

Well, that's all I have time for today girls.  I've got loads to do before leaving!  I'm nervous but excited!  The next week I will have some guest posts up from some amazing bloggers, so stay "tuned"!

Have a Merry Christmas!