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We have had wonderful family and fun filled week here. Not only was it mom's favorite holiday but Grandpa Vern and Grandma Sue came all the way up from Tucson to join us. It was so great to see them and it held back mom's holiday homesickness for a few days, so everyone was happy!
Grandpa and Grandma arrived Monday afternoon. Dad got out of work early and picked me up from school so we could "hang out" together. Mom had to work late (Don't laugh. She did) and was already to make dinner when she got home but we all ambushed her and told her we were going out to Lodo's to eat. She went kicking and screaming- not really- and we all had a nice relaxing time with no clean up!
We got home and I taught Grandpa how to play War- we both cheated, so it ended up being a pretty even match.
After that, I got both Grandpa and Grandma playing a rousing game of Squinkies. Part of the game involves yelling "Soooo Cuuuute!" when you draw a certain type of card. You haven't lived until you see my big, tough Grandpa yell "Soooo Cuuute!" He said it with a surprising amount of enthusiasm too!
Dad took Wednesday off work so we had a relaxing morning. The Grandparents and I headed to the park for awhile so I could show off my soccer skills and then we all headed to Dave and Buster's for some game playing.
Mom came home to find Grandpa hard at work in the kitchen making her favorite pasta dish. Grandpa used to make this for us a lot when we lived in Tucson and mom and dad would inhale it so this was a nice treat.
Thanksgiving morning was another nice, relaxing day. Mom was on call but had no patients so instead, she forced us all to watch the The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and then the dog show after. THEN we had to watch football. It was pretty much a Skylander free day which stunk for me. Grandma kept me busy by painting my fingers and toes and they looked nice until I accidentally rubbed my toes on the carpet. Ooops.
We finally sat down to dinner about 2:30 and besides having to microwave the turkey because it was undercooked (nice work Mom!), everything turned out rather nicely. And no one got sick from raw turkey. God love the microwave!
Grandma, mom and I decided to head out for a walk since it was such a nice day and we were pretty danged full, while the boys digested watching the Cowboys play.
Everyone headed out early Friday morning since it is a two day drive back. It was a quiet and a little lonely around here. We sure do miss having family and good friends around this time of year.
While rummaging around, looking for our Christmas decorations, mom found a chess set of Dad's. We got it set up and dad started teaching me the basics. I caught on pretty quick, now I just need the patience to sit still and plan ahead a bit.
In the afternoon, we decided it was just a little too quiet and lonely to sit around the house, so we headed out to see if there were any deals left to be had on Black Friday afternoon. Mom scored some pretty good ones, just for her. Dad and I kind of ran behind her trying to keep up- not finding much for us.
After mom finished indulging herself, we went to buy our Christmas tree. It was so nice to get a big one this year after our cute but way to tiny one from last year.
We got it up and decorated and managed to find all of our other decorations as well. It was a bit of a treasure hunt since we didn't break into any of it last year. We found our stockings and tree skirt in an unopened box that mom was about ready to throw out because we hadn't been in it in over a year. Thank goodness that didn't happen!
We finally have a real tree topper as well- dad brought this back from his trip to Norway this October so now we have something with a story behind it instead of some random ribbon or geegaw.
Saturday, we decided I needed to get out of the house so we loaded up the bikes and headed out for a nice, flat ride to a fun park with really pretty views of the mountains.
We have so much to be thankful for this season and we hope you Thanksgiving day was full of blessings too!
