Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello to all that read this. Who does read this? Anyone?

Well, Thanksgiving and Christmas are upon us. This evening I have been busy baking bread and pies for tomorrow. We are spending Thanksgiving Day with Mat's parents so I have to bring our share of the goodies - okay they stuck me with the "easy" stuff. This is truly a learning experience for me since I didn't know that bread had to have time to "rise". Also, I have not yet located my electric mixer so I had trouble getting my pumpkin cheesecake mixed together. Luckily I am also making a cinnamon apple pie so we have back up. I also got back up rolls too just in case my honey wheat rolls aren't edible. What an adventure tonight has been- and it isn't over yet!!

In addition to the food, Thanksgiving has a more special meaning for us this year. We been so blessed this year. We have always had wonderful family and friends but we also now have our own home and our sweet little girl (dog), Patsy. God does work in mysterious ways and has always known the perfect timing for everything. Although we had to wait so long for our own home, it was definitly worth it. We have so much to be thankful for this year.

We're also in the midst of getting ready to decorate our home for Christmas. We both love Christmas and are already in the mood but Mat tells me I can't put up the tree until the day after Thanksgiving. We went out this weekend and bought a tree, stockings, garland, and wreaths. Once I actually get everything up I'll post pictures. Of course I have to locate the rest of our Christmas ornaments in order to put them on the tree.

In case I don't blog tomorrow due to the turkey coma, have a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are thankful for all of you!

Our Family Update

Here is a little update as to what is going on right now with the McCarls.

We are living in Alexandria, VA - okay, I think you all knew that one. Back on August 26th (one day before my birthday) we purchased our first home. We absolutely love it but will love it even more when everything is unpacked. Yes, three months and everything isn't unpacked.




Jess teaches 1st grade and Mat is the Student Activities Coordinator at a community college.

Two weeks ago we added to our little family. We adopted Patsy- a wonderful little 5 year old black and tan coonhound. She was rescued in August from a puppy mill in Southern Virginia where she was one of the breeder dogs. When she was rescued, she had pneumonia, heartworm, and was pregnant. She was given great care and recovered from everything. We went out to our local animal shelter and fell in love with her! She loves to nap and loves walks. We love having her in our family and are trying to give her a great doggy life.

I think that gets you updated for now.

-Jess

We Have a Blog!

Welcome to our blog! If you're here, you already know us. Of course this is Jess because Mat hates the whole blog thing.

After reading my friends' blogs, I have come to realize what a great way this is for all of our family and friends to keep up with what we're doing. I always feel like we miss so much that is going on and it is hard to keep everyone updated. I'll try to update this a lot and add pictures- of course that requires that I take pictures. I hope you enjoy a glimpse into our little world!

-Mat and Jess McCarl