My side of the family stayed the weekend with us after Thanksgiving.
[ Joseph went to the hunting camp, so it was a house full of Robb's - + Caroline all weekend]
:)
It was a weekend full of food, family and football.
With all the leftovers, it was like Thanksgiving Dinner all over again.
I'm not complaining.
The boys ruled the TV all day Saturday.
Again, I'm not complaining.
There were some good games on.
Specifically the Alabama game & the Florida State game.
you knew I was going to say that didn't you?
Everyone helped me pull out the Christmas decorations
and we worked on the first stages of making our home Merry & Bright
for the holiday season!
It's beginning to look festive around here!
& I now have Caroline running around saying
Ho-Ho-Ho
!!
Caroline had a blast all weekend just running around playing from morning until night with her Nonnie, Opa & Matt Man.
Sunday came too quickly.
[ Days always fly by when you want them to last ]
^^ I hate that.
On Sunday Mom & Matt left early -
they have a standing Sunday tradition for The Bucs' Game.
They're very superstitions about their football.
But our team has been on a winning streak since they started the tradition...
[we won't talk about what happened this particular Sunday though] haha.
Go Bucs!
But Dad & I went to Church - 1st Sunday of Advent :)
It was a beautiful service as always.
It was the first time Dad had been to this church in Fairhope.
He loves our Pastor though- so I think he might come up here just to come to church with us on Sunday's now!
After church we had the best.brunch.ever.
The Grand Hotel is a hop skip & a jump away from our house-
people rave about this brunch.
So, with it just being Dad, Caroline & me, we took advantage and decided to check it out for ourselves.
& thank goodness we did.
It was divine!
The had too many options to try everything.
The prime rib was to die for though.
& Caroline loved their homemade Belgium waffles [with homemade syrup of course]
We also explored the grounds a little bit.
"Frolicked" through the gardens & played some "Putt-Putt"
I think Caroline loved exploring just as much as we did!
I think I'll be making this Brunch one of my special meals before baby Hadley gets here.
It was THAT good.
& When I'm not so pregnant, I'll definitely be going back to indulge in the bottomless mimosas that are included in the Brunch price.
I've got to get Joseph over there. I'm sure he would want to make it a monthly thing!
Thanks, Dad! So glad we got to experience it together.
I finished my weekend with a little bit of work & a little bit of cleaning.
Sure was quiet once everyone left. Blah.
But Joseph is home now! finally.
We kinda missed him ;)
Now, let's start this week with a bang!
