Thanksgiving

The whole gang!

After we bought our house, we decided that we would host Thanksgiving so we didn't have to divide our day and go anywhere. We have had Thanksgiving at our place for the last 9 years (except we missed one when Don was sick). We love it! It was a really relaxing day. No one came over until 4:30 pm so we had all day to hang out together. I managed get all my laundry washed, folded, and put away as well as roast the turkey and do a large part of the dinner. And I felt little stress and managed not to raise my voice to a single person during all the preparations. Of course it helped that everyone was out of school on Wednesday this year. Don and Sierra were great helps to me in getting the house cleaned and all the food preparations done. Thanks guys. We were 15 in all for dinner (yes, we were half of the whole group!). Dinner was yummy and the company was great. Our guests were: Thelma and Kenny, Mike and Jean, Jaren and Becca, and Mary and Noah. Thanks to both my moms for all their help cleaning up after dinner. I sure appreciated it!

Getting punch -- Yum!

Carson cuddled up with Grandpa after dinner and went to sleep.

We spent the rest of the weekend just relaxing. Caden played in the Turkey tournament so we watched 3 soccer games. His team took 2nd place. I had a cold so didn't feel like doing much. We watched the first "Lord of the Rings" movie along with some other TV and movies. Jen did a little shopping Friday morning spending $46 and saving $75. Woo Hoo! That made me happy. We also started putting all the Christmas decorations up. I love this time of year.