2021 Blue Jeans Week 50

We had a wedding this week!  No wedding pictures in this post but lots more coming!  It was a good week!!  We traveled safely there and back.  Amazing 

The girls for Miss O's bachelorette party.  Fun stuff!

My amazing sister-in-law had a wedding shower for Miss O.  So sweet of her!

Back home Ben reads a Christmas story by the tree one evening before we leave.

At my in-laws a few days later my father-in-law reads us a Christmas story at their house.

They got lots of snow the night we got into town.  Thankfully it came after we got there.  Mr J and I made (or tried to make) a snowman :) It wasn't the best packing snow.

Pre-wedding family time.  We went up the mountains to my grandparents' cabin.  So many good family memories there.  Loved being all together before the wedding!

They got a ton of snow up at the cabin while we were there.  We couldn't drive up to the cabin in our minivan so we had to walk in.  

We had a fun time sledding up there at the cabin!

Lots of snow!

This classic flyer sled was the best one!

SOOO  much fun with all my family!!!

Thanks for visiting!  Wedding pictures come up!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 49

I am catching up.  We had a wedding!  It was perfect!  Will be sharing lots of pictures, so this was two weeks ago...I think. I have slept since then, but it was a good week.  Take a look....

Sunday game was Azul.  I love that game!

Mr and Mrs A at the giving machine this Christmas.  Love it!  

Mr J sporting a new tie.  He, Ben and all the young men in our church congregation made a tie for themselves out of this same fabric.  They all wore them Sunday and looked so good!

Christmas band concert for Mr J.  He had concert band and jazz band.  He did awesome!

Went hiking with a wonderful friend this week.

Blurry light picture, but went walking around downtown to see all the lights.

Picture from the kids...their last Thursday lunch of the semester!  Makes me so happy they get together once a week for lunch!

Mr J and me hiking one beautiful day this week.  I think the high was 65.  So nice!

Date night this week was an evening walk in the woods to find some owls.  We didn't see any owls, but we heard 3.  Pretty cool!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you are healthy and well! Lots more pictures to come!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 48

We had a good week.  Exciting wedding stuff happening.  Hard to be far away, but we will be there soon!  So excited!  Take a look at our week...

Ben and I getting our adopt-a-child stuff ready to go.  That is something that is a Christmas tradition for us.  We had a 6 year old boy this year.  So fun!

My relaxing view as I read on the couch tonight.  Love it!

Church activity night this week.  Mr J and friends practicing for a Christmas song with bells.

Girls lunch out this month was at my house.  Sure love these ladies!

And SO love these ladies!  Miss O was getting her bridal/couples pictures done today and her sisters were helping her get ready.  Love it!

Getting ready for the "first look" and her sisters were with her the whole way to help!  Makes my heart happy!  Miss O looks gorgeous!

First Look!  I LOVE Mr JC's face!  Makes me so happy! Excited to see the bridal pictures and to have them printed and out at the wedding!

Another Christmas tradition at our house and making snowflakes out of paper.  We love to do this.  We made some pretty cool ones this year!

Our Date night this week was to drive an hour and a half to hear Mr J perform with the League band.  They were selected from all over and spent the whole day practicing.  It was an impressive performance!  Nice to be able to have these things this year since they did not last year.

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you are healthy and happy and safe!  Have a great week!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 47

I am a little late getting last week's pictures posted.  So much to be grateful for!  We had a great week.  Take a look...

Mr J had a piano recital and played 2 duets and one solo.  It was beautiful!

My fall mantel.  Love the mini pumpkins with my sign.  

Wedding announcements are here, so we need to get them sent out this week!

My November cake--pumpkin pie cake.

It was yummy!  We enjoyed it with all the pie for Thanksgiving day!

Our Thanksgiving feast at my parents'

Mr J made the pumpkin pie this year.  So good!

Miss E's Thanksgiving with Ben's sister and brother and their families.

Mr and Mrs A's Thanksgiving with Mr A's family

Miss O and Mr JC with his family for their Thanksgiving.

Burned off some after Thanksgiving calories by playing pickleball and basketball in the church.

Our 2021 Thankful tree.  So much to be grateful for!

Day after Thanksgiving is always decorate for Christmas day at our house.  Getting the 12 foot tree up is always a process!

Date night this week.  We have had really mild weather--highs in the 60s and 70s. We enjoyed a bike ride around our town square and all the lights they had up.

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!  Stay safe and healthy and happy and see you next week!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 46

We had a good week.  Busy week.  Adjusting to this new "normal" has definitely been interesting.  In some ways I think I liked when there was no where to go or nothing to do :)  Finding the balance is the challenge.  But a good week-fun jazz band stuff with Mr J and getting our outside Christmas lights up.  Take a look at our week...

Had lunch at my sweet friend's house this week.  We are COVID friends--met checking in patients at our community's 8 weeks of COVID vaccine clinics earlier this year.  She is awesome!

Mr J made it to district jazz band.  Last year he did also, but they never had a performance.  This year they did.  Interesting masks you can wear while you play your instrument!  He had a solo and did awesome!  Fun to go see him perform! 

Mr J and his AMAZING band instructor!  We LOVE her!  She is just awesome!  

Super proud of this kid! He works so hard!

Our Friday night pizza and movie night.  Is 3 pizzas too many for 3 people?  I guess not.  Watched the new Marvel Shang-Chi movie and loved it!  So fun!

Saturday we had a sunny and 60 degree day so I heavily encouraged Ben and Mr J to put up the outside Christmas lights :)  and they obliged me.  What good guys!  This coming weekend it is going to be 40 outside when we would normally put them up, so good to get them up now!

Date night this week.  We went to a concert where the band was doing Elton John and Billy Joel music.  SO good!  Fun to go out.  Music is a balm for the soul and just makes you feel good!  Sure love this guy and our weekly dates!

Thanks for visiting!  Stay safe and healthy and happy and enjoy your Thanksgiving!  So much to be thankful for!!!!