Thanksgiving with the Graves in RI

our 4th anniversary

Bunk, Jan, and us

Jan, Jennifer & Rachel

cousins having fun: Andrew & Cassandra

r: Bunk, Jan, Chris, Dave, Andrew, Mark

f: Scott, Rachel, Rebekah, Laura, Jennifer, Cassandra, Julia & me

We spent Thanksgiving at Chris & Rachel's house with great food, especially the turkey, dressing and cheesecake. Rachel and Scott both have a serious green thumb and hearing about their roses, Japanese maple varieties, and other plantings was a lot of fun. They've taken to stringed instruments in that family and I think Scott could put my cello playing to shame, even though we got them about the same time. The weather was good and we even took a long walk through the neighborhood, along the rivers, an the cute town of Barrington. It was such a treat to have time to catch up, enjoy good food, and see family.

NYC: Wicked on Broadway

M: The trip to New York City was fun. We saw a Broadway show called Wicked which was good. It was probably the best Broadway show I have ever seen considering the other show I had seen was the show called Rent which has terrible costumes and the set looks like a warehouse. The costumes and the set were really nice. I liked not knowing the story but being familiar with the characters. We also walked down to Greenwich Village and had dinner at this cool Italian coffee bar. It was really crowded on the streets.

Em: I loved the performance and a great time enjoying the music, surprising story, and fun costumes. I realized I don't really need another trip to NYC for a long while, unless it's for another fun Broadway show.

He loves me, he really loves me

We haven't done much blog-worthy in recent weekends but we have SO much to look forward to in the next week!

Our forth wedding anniversary is on Thanksgiving Day. We're celebrating in Rhode Island at my cousin's house. It'll be nice to have all the traditional family Southern foods with a part of my family I don't get to see enough. We're both looking forward to it.

My husband is great. On Friday Mark's taking me to NYC for our anniversary to see the Broadway show Wicked. I've wanted to see if for years and he's so sweet to surprise me with a night away and fun show. Of all the trips we've been on I know this isn't on his top 10 places to go and that's why I know he loves me. He really loves to me to take me to a bigger city and sit through a musical. I'm thrilled!