Thanksgiving Break

For Thanksgiving break we flew to Washington to be home for the week. It was so nice to not think about school, relax, eat lots, and enjoy time with family.

We went Thrift Store shopping one day and Margaret found these straw glasses and Mikey got to try them out.

For Thanksgiving dinner I got put in charge of making the veggie tray. Margaret found this fun idea and I got to put it all together.
Time to Eat!
Kid's table
Big Kid table- Thanksgiving dinner was so good and I ate WAY to much!
Later in the evening, once the food had somewhat settled we enjoyed lots of yummy dessert. There was apple, pumpkin, and blackberry pie and I even made a pumpkin roll for the first time and it turned out really yummy.

This year I experienced Black Friday shopping for the first time in my life. Mike and Christy and Nate and I went to Wal-mart at 10 on Thursday night and it was a mad house. It was so crazy to see all the people and have to wait in line for an hour. It was all pretty entertaining to see how crazy people can be. Then on Friday, Anna and I went shopping at 6:30 in the morning to get some socks and other fun stuff at Fred Meyer. I decided after all that excited and lack of sleep that I probably won't go unless I really need or want something in years to come.
Nate got to help put up the Christmas lights
Saturday we got to Firth and Nate got to watch the little girls while the older girls went out. We were going to go to a craft show but there was an admission we didn't know about so we went to the DI and looked around and got some clothes.
Then Saturday night we went and picked out a Christmas tree at Stop and Shop. I also got my mom's house all decorated for Christmas. It was a fun and relaxing week and hopefully we can make it through the next three weeks of school!