Hello Thanksgiving and Nutcracker Weekend 2022!

 

Hi Friends and Happy Monday!  I am not sure I will ever come off a weekend like this one....I am still on Cloud 9 and completely blown away by all of the love and support we received....I am quickly recapping our Thanksgiving Weekend and will share more details and pics on Nutcracker later this week!

 

Wednesday Morning

 

Our annual breakfast with the Fournier Girls happened at Mary Ann's in Windham...we met earlier so Diana could get to her reherasals.  (Can't believe I forgot this in my original post- EDITED Now- one of our favorite traditions)

 

Wednesday Night

 

This is usually the night of our Thanksgiving Eve Party but being a different year and all we laid low...Diana slept on the couch for 4 and 1/2 hours as she was so wiped out from school and all of the rehearsals and stress of getting to this point...Eva was at the theater with Rob as he was helping to build the sets and I ran over to Suzy's for a quick dinner with the Soul Sisters...it was an awesome night...relaxing and full of so much anticipation!

 

 

Thursday

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

We were up bright and early.  I baked some breakfast treats- sliders and turkey cinnamon rolls.  The kids all came home as always and we had breakfast and headed to our town's Annual Turkey Trot- one of my favorite traditions!  Papa Bob even joined us this year :)  It always feels so good to start with this walk...we feel like we earn our big meal each year!

 

 

Then instead of hosting, we went out to the Hanover Street Chop House and had such an amazing meal!!  I opted for steak this year and loved every bite!  It was so nice to be taken care of- cooked for- served and no clean up- FTW!

 

 

We went back to our house for dessert and to set Clara's hair for dress rehearsal :) 

 

 Then we wrapped up Thanksgiving with our family tradition of watching Christmas Vacation for the 1st time of the season!

 

Friday

 

Well it was different from past Black Fridays for sure!  I didn't have time to go out with Cass so Cass came to me and we did some online Black Friday shopping and enjoyed breakfast...at the same time I was able to hep the girls get ready and then we headed to dress rehearsal by 8!  

 

 

We were at the theater all day.  Amber met me there to get some footage for the documentary and then the rest of the day consisted of working backstage (between tears of course) 

 

That night, it was the very last time to do Clara's curls...we were emotional...even Pidge! ;{

 

We ate takeout from the 99 and crashed hard by 8pm!

 

 

Saturday

 

Diana's Show Day was here!  We couldn't believe it.....I didn't sleep well...how could I?  I was up by 5am and just paced and tried to keep busy...she was up a little after me too! 

 

The day consisted of taking curlers out....doing Eva's hair and makeup and getting ready for the after party.

 

The show was beyond words...blew us away and when your family and closest friends show up for you, it is quite emotional...when I saw Janie, my bestie from work, I started crying...I couldn't help it...she just has been through it all with me..all of the years raising these girls...all of the work to get to this point...we both hugged and couldn't stop crying...thank God for waterproof makeup- ha!

 

 

 

Cannot wait to share some amazing pictures by Chuck Swierad and ones my family snapped too..for once, I didn't take one pic...I enjoyed every moment :)

We all celebrated after at Friendly Red's Tavern and Kat made us an epic cake...it was just so beautiful AND delicious!  We had a blast celebrating with everyone and showing our gratitude!

 

 

Sunday

 

 

It was all about Show #2 and even though it is such a let down after Clara....we were excited for another show.  Rob and I worked with the tech crew backstage and that is another side of fun- the magic behind the scenes....

 

 

Last night, I took the girls to the cast party and it was the perfect way to cap off Nutcracker 2022- we laughed- we cried- we took so many pics and we are waking up tired BUT so so grateful for this once in a lifetime experience.

 

 

Thank you so much friends for following along...it has been a wild and fun ride..sometimes exhausting..sometimes frustrating...filled with many tears but oh so worth it!

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