Allie climbing on Ryan like a jungle gym

Our dining room table

The Aloia family: Tom, Natalie, Matteo, Allie

The Newcom's: Ryan and Kelly

The Moore's: Brian and Angela

The girls after the early morning shopping

The girls, Wednesday night at Fralo's

It
has been an awesome Thanksgiving! Having great friends such as the
Aloia's and the Moore's is such a blessing. We have had a blast hanging
out together!
Thanksgiving dinner was fabulous as Natalie, Angela
and I combined our favorite recipes. Today, we got up at 4 am to start
shopping. It was Natalie and Angela's first time shopping on Black
Friday. I was psyched to be with them as they experienced the madness
for the first time. We got lots of great things at Target, Old Navy,
and Michaels. (Ry braved Best Buy by himself). After afternoon naps,
cornhole, scrapbooking, childrens museum, movie watching and morewe
all sat down for another wonderful dinner together. I have to go back
to work tomorrow, but boy have I enjoyed my 2 glorious days away. This
weekend ranks right up there with some of our best vacations! I can not
praise the Lord enough for theses wonderful moments.

This
week's challenge: Love/Hate Relationships was chosen by me. I only
thought of the topic because of my strong feelings right now about the
telephone.

I love my BlackBerry.
*It rings Never Alone by Barlow Girl
*Callers get to hear Sex & the City theme song instead of ringing
*I get all my emails on the phone
*I can get online with the phone
*It's my datebook
*It's my friend
I hate the phone at Walgreens.
*It never stops ringing…even if you don't answer it
*It hurts my ear
*Answering it usually means getting yelled at by someone
*It causes my chin to break out
*I hear it ringing in my sleep
*It's not my friend

Friday was full of small blessings. The day started bad. I woke up 2 hours late, thus arriving at work 20 minutes late. Never a good feeling for me. As we got started on our day at work we tried super hard to stay ahead of the game. By noon, we were 75 labels deep on the counter, phones were ringing out of control, voice mails were piling up, and complaints were starting.
That's when I heard the familar voice, “KellyMae.” At my counseling window were Kaylie and Michelle. They had come to visit, and come early
enough to help me out in the pharmacy. Unpaid. Just because that's who
they are, just because that's how much they care. I gave them a brief
introduction to the pharmacy and we all went to work. Michelle started filling Rx and Kaylie started typing the 20 plus images, checking the voice mail, and (bless her heart) answering the telephones.

At about 1 pm, another familar face at my consultation window, bringing tears to my eyes. Kara had brought me 'Have a great day' flowers. (I had came to small group meeting in tears the night before because of the horrible day at work I had had). I was touched by her kindness. What a blessing she and the rest of my small group friends are.

As
the afternoon progressed Kaylie, Michelle, and I busted our butts so
that I (that iswe) could leave early. At 3 pm, we walked/ran out the
door.The first thing Kaylie said was, “I don't know how you do that everyday…..I could never do it.” Even though I didn't need her justification, it made me feel better about my similar feelings about the current job.

For
dinner we went to an awesome little restaurant here in Leon Springs.
It's called Fralo's. It's handmade pizza, you sit outside, and you can
bring your own wine. Awesome. We went shopping at the new DSW at The
Rim and to The Shops at La Cantera. Fun. We ended the night with
cappucinnos and Grey's Anatomy. Seriously, you don't have a better
evening than this. But
then…one final little blessing to end the day. PotteryBarn boxes on
our front porch! The pencils Gramma bought us arrived already!

I
am so thankful for the numerous blessings that grace my life. How can I
be sad about customers who tell me they want to pull my hair out when I
have friends that bring me flowers, and drive 3 hours to work for free!

Weird Al just made a new song titled “White and Nerdy”. I'm not sure, but I think it describes Ryan and his Dad pretty well. Listen here then scroll down a bit and you will be able to see the video. Listen closely!