Turkey comin' out my ears.

Woah Nelly! Talk about left overs...so I will be putting my turkey to use and making lots of turkey dinners over the next week, along with the oh so delicious cold turkey samich! :)

Well, Thanksgiving night I ventured out to Wal-Mart and got Isabelle more Christmas presents, that was fun. It was actually quiet, the calm before the storm. I didn't find the kitchen set I wanted for her so when I came home I purchased it at midnight and got a great deal. Can't wait for her to be 'cooking' along side me in our new house. We will be closing next week, as we sadly didn't this week. With the holidays our paperwork just didn't get done in time. Oh well, we have all next week.

Today, Jake decided we should go on a road trip, so off to Ruidoso, NM we went. Uhm yea, that turned out interesting. One, there was nada once we got to our destination and secondly we took a very interesting detour on our way to Cloudcroft, NM. Our GPS had as going along a gravel road for about 30 minutes! Up a mountain side...I was panicking, Jake telling me to calm down. Seriously, it was a little too much. BUT, we ended up on the backside of Cloudcroft...the plus during this 5 hour adventure was the beautiful scenery. Big green pine trees everywhere, pretty horses, and actually enjoying trees that change colors.
Cloudcroft is a cute little town in Lincoln State Forrest, NM. At the top we are 9,000 feet above sea level.It's cool and quaint. It has a homemade soap shop as well as homemade potpourri. I purchased a scopp of apple something or other and I am smelling its sweet smell right now. Along with some jewelry and antique shops it also has a little book store and pottery shops. We stopped at a coffee shop-Peppermint Mocha for me (delicious), Jake of course got a caramel latte, and Isabelle got her own hot chocolate with whipped cream! It was about 40, and the sun was going down, our warm drinks were just the right touch.
So we're home now, enjoying this chilly Saturday evening. I am going to play a little house with miss Isabelle while Jake watches some boob tube.

Oh, besides amazing shopping deals, a great Thanksgiving feast, Jake not being deployed, and just enjoying God's everyday blessings, we have free Shotime this whole weekend! Hahah boo yah, that's right. That meant finally watching Season 6 of WEEDS. We are addicted, anywho, the finally wasn't that great but it was still WEEDS, and I love me some Nancy sipping on her diet coke n ice coffee.

Last but not least, I am taken with our new PX at Ft. Bliss. White tinkling Christmas lights are on all the trees, the outside fireplace is dandy, Jake and I played a little Foosball outside, and the HUMANGO Christmas tree is fun to just stare at. Of course Isabelle enjoyed the cool bugs she can climb on and all the sparkling lights above her while playing. She piratically looks up to say 'wow.'

Tis the Season!