Black Friday & More

Happy Thanksgiving! The kids and I spent the morning watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day…such a great tradition. We did our usual thing; spending the first half of the day with the Grothaus Family and the evening with the Ossege Family. Food was delicious everywhere we went. Kids were overjoyed to see cousins on both sides of the family. We finally got to see Maggie's ring in person…stunning! My cousin Andy and his fiancé Maggie got engaged about a month ago. We are so happy she will become a permanent member of the family.

 

We did venture out on Black Friday to Christmas shop for nieces and nephews. We did not get up before the sun did. We've found if we leisurely go from store to store; the whole process is not stressful, but actually enjoyable. We finished everyone on our list in just one store…yippee! You gotta LOVE Target! Lunch at the mall was a bit crazy. Securing a table required stealth and strategically tactical movements. A little more shopping (teacher's gifts) and ear buds for Randy ended our day…or so we thought so! We were passing "Icing" and Kimberly blurts out "I want to get my ears pierced!" To our continued surprise, Lexus chimes in "Me too!" We have always told the girls we would pierce their ears when they asked for it. We trooped into the store to inquire about price, etc… Kimberly selected a pair of pink crystal flowers and Lexus picked the clear crystal flowers. Kimberly bravely went first, jumping into the chair with enthusiasm. They double teamed her; piercing both ears simultaneously. She couldn't wait to pose in front of the big mirror and model her new earrings. Lexus was more apprehensive about the whole process, but continued to convince us this was what she wanted. She did shed a few tears at first, but was beaming with pride as she showed them off to family.

 

Today, we are braving the chilly weather to put up Christmas lights/decorations. Why didn't we put them up the last two weekends when the weather was picturesque??? Randy was out of town on hunting trips and we don't want to wait another two weeks when we have another opening in our busy schedule. I love seeing the kids waddling around in their snowsuits, esp. Austin. Something so cute about them when all you can see is a chubby little face peeking out from all those layers of clothes.