Thanksgiving and more

So Thanksgiving has come and gone. It was really nice this year. We decided to stay home and do our own turkey dinner and I loved it. It was alot of work but so worth it not having to go anywhere or deal with anyone we didnt want to. I am a little bummed because I didnt end up getting many pictures :( It was just busy busy. The kids didnt seem to mind that we stayed home like I thought they might so we may be doing this again next year...who knows. I am sure we will catch crap about it but I dont care :) I am so tired of worrying about everyone else. What matters most is my little family and what works best for us. Anyways, it was NICE!

I so enjoyed having the kids home for the week and I was sad to send them off to school today. I cant wait for christmas break!

I went shopping for black friday and I am SO glad I did. This year toys R Us opened at midnight so I met Cinthia and Marty out there at 10 and we waited for it to open. I was able to get almost everything I wanted and then some!! The only thing that sucked was standing in line to pay for 3 looooong hours!!!! After that we got some starbux and I headed home to get JR and we went to Walmart and Target. I was focused on some big ticket items this yr so I missed out on some smaller stuff I really wanted to get. But I was able to get the stuff that mattered the most and my kids will be SO happy Christmas morning!!! It was alot of fun and so worth pulling an all nighter, beyond sore feet, and still trying to catch up on sleep. I will be doing it again next yr for sure!!!

We are now on the Christmas countdown. Tree is up and the house is 90% decorated. I'm working on it but its not easy when Chloe and Alyssa cant stop playing with everything and my garage is full of boxes from my grandma that I am trying to find the time to go thru. It will get done...eventually :)

There is alot coming up so I plan to update often. Here are some pics from thanksgiving and tree decorating...