Saturday, November 27, 2010

The First Culpepper Hosted Thanksgiving!

We had the pleasure of hosting Thanksgiving at our home this year.  Since I worked the day before my wonderful Mother, Aunt, & Sister prepared us a lovely feast with some yummy additions from Grandmother & Aunt Joan of course!  I got right to eating & forgot to take pictures of our beautiful table set up, but I got plenty of pictures of the rest of the day's festivities.  Enjoy!
Our Formal Dining

Our Casual Dining.
Next House we'll make sure we have a dining room
big enough to handle the masses :)
Just some of our deliciousness


Cousin Tracy & her bf Shane.  aka "Party Poopers" ;)

Grace, Tracy, & Shane

Me & my Mommy

Grandmother, Uncle Jack, & Aunt Joan


Best room for a food coma
Chase couldn't hang on for long, lol
Football & food comas, haha
The Culpeppers!

Bride & Groom to be!

Sisters!

and more Sisters!
The cooks!
Mom & Pop

Family Shot

So glad they spent the holiday with us!
Many more to come :)
Aw, the Drakes...minus our Sexy Lexi!
Annie found a friend in Uncle Jack
The Ping Pong playing begins!
We take it pretty seriously
Taboo! Game on!
The rivalry has begun...

They teamed up for a limited time

Mom & Cody doing their best to fend off the pros

Clumsy!
Which oddly enough was one of our taboo words just before this, lol
Let's just say they domintated
Sisters vs. Sisters!  Oh it was on!!
We don't play!
...We don't win either :(
Of course this is how the night ends...
Call of Duty....apparently.

    The holiday was well celebrated & one of my favorite so far.  Chase & I had such a wonderful time spending the day with family & we consider ourselves very thankful for the memories we made.  Now on to Christmas & lots more memories to come!  
Happy Holidays! 
XO-The Culpeppers

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Halloween @ the Culpeppers

Last year we decided we'd throw a Halloween party & since then we've been stocking up on Halloween decorations & ideas.  We are pretty proud of how the house & treats turned out.  We had a great time with friends & family, here are some pictures & a little recap!


House on the night of.
You can't see it but we had a strobe light at the front door & haunted house music playing.


Dessert Table

Monster Munch Popcorn, Gummy aliens mixed with Gummy worms...yum!
Eyeball Cupcakes
Witch Wand Pretzel Sticks!  The ones that my mom & I didn't eat ;)



Grim Reaper & The Devil

"Chase" & Chase

Bones getting his drink on in the corner!

Party in full swing

My mom dressed as Martha Stewart;
Martha doesn't have anything on Kathy Drake's skills!

Lauren & "Lauren"

"Lauren & Chase" haha









Playing Just Dance on the Wii!

Too funny!
 Big thanks goes out to my mom who helped make this party happen & thanks to my MIL & Kevin for loaning us the necessary tools to get the party started ;)  Chase & I feel so grateful to have such great people in our lives to enjoy these times with.  We hope everyone had a great Halloween!
XO-The Culpeppers