Thanksgiving

Not a lot of pictures from this week--we were too busy enjoying ourselves!

We had Thanksgiving with my parents, and Justin and Lia graciously hosted us. We arrived early, as per Lia's request, and spent the time hanging out and making up Thanksgiving theme games and crosswords to torment--I mean, entertain--each other. We had a wonderful dinner (Dan did wonders with the turkey, again, and everything else was good too), and then played tag games and ultimate frisbee until we were too cold to keep playing. We had pie, hung out some more, and then enjoyed the children's interpretation of Native American legends, some (Eli's) more polished than others (everyone else).

Friday, of course, my mom and I went shopping. I understand why a lot of people don't like Black Friday, but for me, it's mostly about spending time with my mom doing something we both like (hunting for bargains). It wasn't too crazy this year, and we managed to take care of a good chunk of my Christmas list, which was nice.

Friday night we got together with my brothers and their families at my parents house--we had pizza and pie (well, the kids had cookies since the two pies--buttermilk and hazelnut-chocolate--were a little advanced for their palates). The kids played well, the adults had fun talking, and it was lovely to see everyone. (We do miss Jeni, though!)

And yesterday we came home. Exciting, no? But really, we had a wonderful time and aren't really looking forward to reality tomorrow.