Of course, Thanksgiving dinner was AMAZING. The menu:
- Turkey with baked squash and potato coins
- Ham (with pineapple sauce)
- 3 pans of homemade stuffing!
- Praline sweet potatoes
- Garlic mashed potatoes
- Green bean casserole
- Homemade rolls
- Cranberry sauce (Costco makes the best!)
- Salad
- Apple pie
- Pumpkin pie
- Caramel apple pie
- Pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting
- Chocolate Cheesecake (cheesecake factory)
- Regular chocolate cake
Don't think we had enough food! You have to understand, there were 22 of us at my sister-in-law's. That included lots of kids. So basically, there was nothing left to take home, which I greatly appreciated. Don't need all those calories tempting me. Before eating our feast, a bunch of us played soccer. It was a blast! Complete with many, many laughs because of all our goof-ups. Makes me miss the good 'ole soccer days.
After eating, Mom, Rosa, Michelle and I scanned the sale ads. Don't know why. We weren't buying half of what was on our lists since money is tight. And even if we get there early, only about the first 10 people will get the cool stuff!
The next day, I was busy prepping for a financial meeting in the afternoon. Yes, exactly the thing you want to do on T-giving weekend. But really, it is worth it in the long run...hopefully I can post about that before Christmas comes. Anyway, I was done with the mtg around 12.
All the sales were over.
But I headed to Old Navy since I was in the South Hill area anyway. Thank the Lord for Old Navy! That have bunches of cute, inexpensive gifts! And they weren't even door busters. Skip Penneys...nothing there. Target didn't have anything either. We skipped Bri's nap. Only way this Mama could ever get any shopping done, especially with Daddy gone at work. Anyway, after my daughter had an emotional break down at Target, I braved the time and headed to Michael's and Ross.
Lots and lots of yarn on sale at Michael's! I also bought a huge frame collage for Amelia's photos when they arrive. It was half off. I should have gone to Ross in the first place...they had the best prices and nothing was even on sale! It was good I had gone to other stores first because I was able to compare numbers. The same gloves at Penney's for $25 were only 6.99 at Ross. And they were genuine leather. In the end, we were both happy, for I got all my Christmas shopping done and B got an ICEE and cookie.
I forgot to mention that I bought the most beautiful little ornament in memory of Amelia. It is two golden lacy ballet slippers, reminding us that she is walking on streets of gold. Such a precious addition to our collection. Oh, I will miss our baby girl like nothing this Christmas.
On Saturday, we went to Mt. Ranier with our dear friends...the Watsons, John Anderson, Edie, Caribelle, Matt & Tara, Eric & Rachel, Mike & Jana and all the kids in those families. Mike went down into the valley to get the tree (I really wanted to!), but I had to watch Bri. He got a perfect one. The ladies chatted by the bonfire (thanks guys!) and ate yummies, because we didn't have enough on T-giving already :) Though fun, we were all tired by the end. Mike was soaked and dirty, so we headed back home. That night, we also went to Mike's parents' house for some after holiday fun, and to visit with Uncle Don one last time. We also watched the awesome, and I mean awesome, movie "Planet Earth", which included scenes of snow-capped mountains, leopards, elephants under water, wild dogs, impalas, pumas, and many other wild animals and wild life.
Sunday morning, I stayed home with Bri, since our colds were in full force. I was supposed to play a piano special, but I'm sure everyone is thankful I didn't spread our germs. It was a nice day to rest up.
In other news, my brothers will be coming home Dec. 13th. We are all looking forward to it, especially Brilla. She hasn't forgotten her uncles. And they haven't forgotten us. Last night, we received a sweet Thanksgiving card from them, included was a senior photo from Brian, in his tux. Can it be he's already 21? I have this policy that any girls interested have to get through me first ;P Goes for Sean, too. Anyway, when they guys get home, we will be having lots of laughs and mochas, I am sure. I'll prolly help decorate their house, too, seeing my mother says she doesn't have a decorating bone in her body...and it's a little weird for the guys to be doing it all. We'll Christmas carol until we're hoarse, playing piano and violin until our fingers are sore (I know mine will be sore, haven't played violin in forever since mine's in repair), and staying up so late, we'll be exhausted and get another bad cold.
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