Thanksgiving

This year we did something totally different than last year. We ended up staying with just one family instead of trying to juggle all of them. It definitely made for a more relaxing Thanksgiving and allowed us more bonding time. We did this year with my parents and next year will be with Brian's family. The whole break began on Wednesday for us when we headed down to Park City to pick up a quick deal that can be used later by getting a $50 gift card for $25. It was a steal of a deal. We hit one store where I brought most of my Christmas presents. I will post about it later. :)

Then we headed to the airport to pick up my brother in law Daren who was flying in from Arizona. He was a little cultured shocked since he had such a huge change in temperature over just one hour. We then headed home to relax with my family and just enjoy the evening since our day had been pretty rushed. Thanksgiving we woke up and helped get everything ready for everyone to arrive. Plus my sisters and I headed out in our pj's to the store to get some donuts for everyone's breakfast. (had to keep it light) Once everything was ready we were able to relax and wait for the crowd of my siblings to arrive. We ended up having dinner start about thirty minutes late but hey....that's how it goes with big groups right. After dinner we all just relaxed and lounged for about an hour until my sister decided it was time to annouce what they were told they were having.

It's a girl in case you couldn't figure it out.
We then got ready to go say hi to Brian's mom and grandpa. But first headed to go shot my sister's boyfriend's hand guns. Brian ended up hurting his ear and I am not sure if it is even still working properly. We should have definitely used earplugs. Lesson learned for the next time I guess.

Brian's Aunt Sharon was in town and we had a lot of fun catching up with her since we were unable to the last time she was in town. Grandpa Romer had fun just listening and asking questions here and there as we all visited. It was much needed and we hope to get down and visit them all more this coming month since school will be out soon. :)
We then headed up to Wellsville to create a our game plan for Black Friday shopping. A game plan never really emerged but we began shopping at midnight with Walmart and Old Navy. Then headed to our apartment to rest a little before heading back out at 4:30 am. We all got most of our Christmas shopping done. Brian and I have just a few odds and ends to get but our tree looks really full with all the gifts surrounding it.
Plus we found out how fun it is to coupon shop on Black Friday especially when you find a surprising rebate at home later to just add to it.
All in all Thanksgiving and this weekend have been a blast. We just relaxed and set up Christmas. I will be posting a picture of our tree soon. (Hopefully!)

At the game Saturday night.