Preparing For Christmas

We had a good Thanksgiving with Greg's parents and sister. The kids played well together and we ate a lot of good food. The day after Thanksgiving I got up at 4:30am to go shopping. I got to Walmart at 4:45am and the parking lot was full and there were no shopping carts left. I shopped until I couldn't hold any more and then got in line to check out. I was in line by 5:07am and didn't get home until 6:30am. I ask myself why I do this, but then I see the good deals that I got and think I will do it again next year. After nap time we got the Christmas tree up and decorated. I thought it was going to be very difficult to do with the kids, but they were very good and helpful.

Happy Thanksgiving - a week late!

Last week we were in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. We travelled up on Saturday Nov 22nd and got to Dave and Tracy's house just in time for dinner. We went to church at our old stomping grounds on Sunday and saw many of our firends. It was fun to be back and see all the changes and renovations going on at Spring Creek. On Monday we woke up to the perfect snow. Tracy went to volunteer at Nathan's school in the morning so we were a little lazy around the house. Greg, Josiah and Naomi went out side and built a snowman and an igloo. I am sorry I never went outside and got a picture of them. Greg got a few pictures of the kids though. Naomi decided that the snow was fun for just a short time and then it was just too cold. Most of the week we sat around talkinging, playing the Wii or eating. On Wednesday tracy and I prepared many of the dishes we were going to eat on Thursday. WE so tired by the end of the day we both crashed at about 9pm. Thursday was a wonderful Thanksgiving day. We ate excellent food all day and topped it all of with Tracy's Mom's delicious pies. The kids played well together and everyone was sad when it was time for us to leaveon Saturday morning. 2 minutes into our car ride home Josiah was planning his next visit.