Incline Railway and Thanksgiving

We crossed another thing off of my bucket list for us!!!! When I met Cody almost 7 years ago, I realized how many things he hadn't experienced yet. So over the past 7 years I have taken him everywhere to experience all of these things such as the beach, corn mazes, Lake Winnie, Rock City, water parks, plane rides, putt-putt, etc., (next is a small cruise one day shhh). So one of the things Cody had never done/seen was the incline railway! So of course we had to jump on that right away! A few weekends ago we drove to the foot of Lookout Mountain and rode all the way up just swooning on the breathtaking views.

I hobbled on with my boot and enjoyed every second. Just look at those views!

Breathtaking fall view. I love my city so much. 

FINALLY! I got a selfie with Cody after half a year! He has COMPLETELY refused any type of picture now. It makes me so incredibly sad. All I can think about is when we have kids he wont be in any of the pictures or newborn pictures. Well that is a bridge to cross when we get there and could be used as a bribing tool when its time to start trying for kids ;) jk...kind of ;). 

Me and my boot!

Also over the weekend I also helped encourage Cody with his masters degree because he has been feeling pretty down about his work load and how busy he always is. So I created him a chain from start to finish for each month of his masters degree so each month that goes by he gets to tear off a chain. And I have to admit he was pretty excited to tear off the first 7 months he already has completed!

So it is time to get a haircut because I don't like the in-between look. I like it either short or long. And unfortunately you have to go through the in-between stage to get to the long hair but I decided to cut it short again before I grow it back out again fully for locks of love. I plan to do that over and over again for the rest of my life (until my hair doesn't grow out anymore from age).

My fall thanksgiving outfit! I never have a perfect thanksgiving outfit EVER, so I was really excited to find this!

My before picture 

What do you think? The finished product! I did go a little darker but it should balance out soon!

Back of hair. See it's still relatively long! :)

The weekend before Thanksgiving I drove to Knoxville to spend time with Mom, Morgan, Gigi, Granddad, and Sasha. I helped Gigi make her annual Christmas cookies! We baked all day while watching the UT v LSU game with our 'new' head coach😭 I don't even want to talk about all of the things that have been happening with UT and Butch. It hurts too much. My family is so sad.

And now, ON TO THANKSGIVING TIME!!!

So the Wednesday before Thanksgiving after work Cody and I went to his mom's house to help cook and prepare the Thanksgiving food (and taste test a little here and there ;)). Some of the absolutely delicious food my mother-in-law makes for Thanksgiving include her amazing crescent rolls, 'green stuff' (which is my favorite), mac n cheese (how awesome is that?!?), of course the turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, dressing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, ham, cheese ball and crackers, chocolate covered nuts to snack on before the meal, sweet tea with an orange wedge, and lets not forget dessert! She makes this divine chocolate pie, and carrot cake! Her mom makes the deviled eggs, tea, and banana pudding (my favorite)! We have an absolute feast! And after we stuff our bellies we sit and talk and play some really fun board games together! I usually take a walk to visit the cows to walk off the food baby lol! Wow don't we have so much to be thankful for! And boy, am I thankful for not hosting Thanksgiving again like last year.😂

Part of the group

Finally got a picture!

Deep football talk with Papa :)

Macy's day parade! I have watched this every year and it is definitely one of my Thanksgiving highlights! (Especially since Spongebob was in it! ;))

All the delicious foods prepped and ready to be devoured!

Our walk to visit the cows to help our food digest, getting ready for dessert. The cows were very 'talkative' and fun to see!

The day after Thanksgiving I met my mom at the local greenway to walk. I of course had to take my scooter on long walks and I 100% scooted along. We had an absolute blast just chatting, catching up and just laughing. I have so much fun with my mama! It is so nice being with people who truly are interested in you and what you have to say. Family is the best!

Later that evening Cody and I started putting up our Christmas decorations and decided to create a new tradition of having a Raborn pizza movie night along side of our hot chocolate and Christmas music. Yes we did get two types of pizza and we may or may not have shared it with mom and Morgan 😂. And by the way, Pizza Hut's ultimate cheese crust pizza was the best pizza I have ever had in my life! It was so incredible! (Cody's favorite was the extra most bestest pizza from Little Caesars). 

Being able to spend so much time with my husband is so special and so rejuvenating. It is so nice to reconnect and have actual time together for what seems like the first time in half a year. Work keeps us busy!

Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy your family time and I hope everyone is happy and doing well! 

Love,

Kayla 

11-12-17

P.S. Get ready for Christmas blogs!! Falalalala lalalalaaaaa! :)