What a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend! I was not the world's best picture-taker, but I snapped a few cute ones to remember these full days.
Some highlights of the long weekend include:
Some highlights of the long weekend include:
+ Thanksgiving dinner with both sets of our parents together.
+ Blackberry pie with vanilla bean ice cream.
+ Friday night pizza and popcorn, watching "Jurassic World" with Steve, Mackenzie, and Josh. (Not my kind of movie, but great company!)
+ Friday night pizza and popcorn, watching "Jurassic World" with Steve, Mackenzie, and Josh. (Not my kind of movie, but great company!)
+ Playing CLUE, my all-time favorite board game.
+ Christmas shopping with my mom at an expansive craft fair.
+ Unbeatable Black Friday online deals.
+ An extraordinarily fun ladies' night at my friend Natasha's house, laughing til my cheeks hurt!
+ Celebrating my friend Barbara's birthday.
+ Enjoying another special holiday with my two sweet boys!
Grandpa Jack had to take some guests out on his old-fashioned "toy" :)
Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it's officially time to break out the Christmas music! My all-time favorite album is Amy Grant's "Home for Christmas". It will get played approximately 107 times this month. A brand new album on rotation at my house is Chris Tomlin's "Adore". Chris Tomlin is an incredible songwriter and worship leader, and his 2013 album "Burning Lights" debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
The new CD features classic Christmas songs like "Silent Night" and "What Child is This" and also a few original songs. Overall, the album has a very calm and worshipful sound. There are special guest performances from Crowder, All Songs and Daughters, and Lauren Daigle.
Listen to the title track "Adore" :
And if you haven't heard this version of "Noel," featuring Lauren Daigle, you need to! It's beautiful, and it's my favorite track on the CD.
For a chance to win a copy of "Adore", enter the Rafflecopter below! If you'd like to buy a copy, you find the album here for $10 on his website.
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