Santa's Magical Kingdom Sunday Night

Sunday night Matt and I met up with Kimberly, Jeff, Logan, Carter and a family who is a friend of their family - Charissa, her husband Scott and their 3 boys....it was supposed to be a larger group but unfortunately tons of people were sick with a stomach virus that has been going around St. Louis like the plague! Fortunately though, they stayed home...don't get me wrong, love some of those families...but I do not want what is being passed around! Well traditionally my sister has a Christmas cookie party at her house with everyone and then they caravan to Santa's Magical Kingdom, but this year with their kitchen in demolition/remodeling mode it was dinner at El Nopal and then off to Santa's Magical Kingdom - a drive-thru light park at a local Jellystone Park and Kringles Store where Santa was. The lights were cool and Santa, well, he was a little crazy, telling Logan to "look up what responsible is in the dictionary"....all this because he wanted a cell phone! Ha! Ha! Crazy Santa! It was a great night! Thanks to the Phillip's family for inviting the Marlow's!

Anheuser-Busch Holiday Lights Tour Date Night

Last night Matt and I went on our second themed date night to Anheuser-Busch to take the Holiday Light tour! It was great! Matt had not ever been on the tour, and I had not been in several years since going with my twin sister...Our tour guides were good and informative (which i guess is their job)...and we got to see all the regular stuff on the tour plus the over 1 million lights that AB puts up for the holiday season! It was awesome - well cold, but awesome! (And apparently not as cold as Monday is supposed to be at 17 to start and a high of 30 - hello Old Man Winter - I love you and missed you)...We had a great time on the tour - then it was off to the tasting room! Matt and I both tried new beers - he like his, I wasn't a fan of mine - too dark, but definitely worth tasting...Another great Holiday Date Night! Getting excited for another holiday date night on Sunday night with friends and family! Love this time of season - absolutely, positively love it!

Wildlights Date Night

On Saturday night, Matt and I started the first of hopefully many Christmas-themed date nights! Saturday night we headed to the St. Louis Zoo (who is celebrating 100 years this year) for their annual Wildlights! You get to walk through parts of the zoo and they are completely decorated with Christmas lights, and the penguin exhibit is open! It was so much fun - we had a great time! It was Matt's first time at the zoo, and my second...both of us can't wait to go back! It was definitely a good start to the Christmas holiday season!

Our First Thanksgiving!

Our First Thanksgiving together was phenomenal! We started the morning by cooking - Matt was doing the turkey and it took 8 hours in the slow cooker, so he got to work on that! I started just with prepping the other dishes and making sure we had all the necessary ingredients! Then we made some cinnamon rolls and muffins (sidenote: I also made my mothers famous and delicious pecan rolls - however, it was an epic fail!)....and sat down to watch the parade! During the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade we also put up our ornaments on the tree! Then it was time for football and relaxing before dinner! Dinner was delicious and then we relaxed some more! Matt and I both had to work on Black Friday - so no crazy shopping for us! We did attempting Best Buy that afternoon/early evening, but nothing too fantastic! Here are some pictures from our first Thanksgiving - again, we are so very thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving Love, The Marlow's

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family! Matt and I are so thankful for each and everyone! We are especially thankful to spend today together - this is our FIRST THANKSGIVING together! In the past, Matt has been away with UVA women's basketball...so today has been so very special! May each and every one of you have a special day shared with your loved ones!

Love,

Kelly and Matt

2 weeks on the JOB...

Just thought I'd let everyone know...I'm EMPLOYED!
I came home after my first day to a beautiful flower arrangement from Matt and after my first week a treat from my parents! I'll be handling unemployment cases - for the employers. Matt and I are really excited about this opportunity for me, and we just wanted to thank everyone who has been so supportive in my job hunt!

Matt meets his newest nieces...

Yesterday, Wednesday Nov. 11th, my sister Barbara and her three kiddos Abby, Reagan, and Blaire drove from their home in Enterprise, Alabama to Destin, Florida to pick up some Christmas clothes at Carter's Outlet and The Children's Place Outlet...After some shopping I headed with Barbara and the girls to a local restaurant on the beach - The Crab Trap. Matt was swamped with work and was unable to meet us earlier in the day, but was able to get away for about 30 minutes to meet his newest nieces. It was really exciting to see how Matt interacted with the babies - he was GREAT! It was a good time all around!