The Tillerys: Much needed update

So it's been quite a while since I've updated....

Since my last update a LOT has happened, here's the fast version:

WORK:
We had a recognition breakfast at the Ramada Inn for the Campaign Ambassadors this year. Scott was able to come to that, which was nice.

I also have received a more permanent, full time position at United Way, though they are calling it a Temp to hire because of the revamp and reorganization the office is going through, and have not decided on my official title yet. I have moved into my own cubicle/office and received a raise.

HOUSE:

So the last week of our apt lease, things were getting stressed. They were back and forth on if we would close by the weekend and be in by Thanksgiving. We were biting our fingernails until an hour before the set close time, when we finally received the "OK". So we finally closed on the house the friday before Thanksgiving!

We then attempted to finish packing then we went to a Hunger Games Party.

It was a lot of fun. Scott and I were from district 3 (the weapons district). So we all dressed accordingly to our district and had a "reaping" and then our own little hunger games. It was a blast. Then we all headed over to see the late showing of the second Hunger Games.

The favors from the party was a kit with a little parachute on it, such a cute idea.

We didn't get home until 2AM, so we were exhausted the next day when we had to wake up early to pick up the moving truck. The truck was an hour late, so we were late getting back to our apt. where people from the ward were waiting to help us move. It was very nice having help because we got packed up and moved over to our house by like 1PM.

We found out the first night in our house, that the pluming did not work correctly, so Scott had to fix that and it took about a week to get all the pipes working, but Scott did it. :-)

SCHOOL:

Scott is into finals for the first semester of Law School. He's such a trooper! I can't believe that the first semester is almost over, CRAZY!

LIFE:

So Scott and I had our Thanksgiving using a hot plate, microwave, and crockpot (to cook the turkey). Because we do not have an oven/stove yet, and our kitchen is not functional at this time. We had a lovely day though and our enjoying being new homeowners (feels like we are newlyweds all over again).

Thanksgiving breakfast! Eggs, bacon, and orange juice.

Crock pot Turkey (a first but it turn out delicious!)

Lovely place settings that were gifts from our wedding, THANKS! :-)

I made up my own recipe for pumpkin pudding and it turned out fantastic! Gonna be part of our holiday tradition each year.

I love spending time with him :-)

So our kitchen looks like this, so we have to do our dishes in the bathroom...

So many dishes from thanksgiving dinner...."sigh"

We of course had to do our tradition of going to the mall and getting a "Photobooth" pic on black friday, so here it is:

We also got some other stuff to help renovate and fix up our house for perty dern cheap. :-)

When we were looking for a Christmas tree, we only expected a little Charley brown Christmas tree with our budget, but we wanted a real one so we can continue our "ornament-made-from-the-trunk-of-our-christmas-tree-tradition", so we were determined. Scott found this one in a pile of Christmas trees selling for 16 dollars at Home Depot! It's 8 feet!!!