Thanksgiving

We made half of Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday so we could enjoy Thursday as much as possible. Emily made the pumpkin pie for her first time all by herself & it was delicious! I made all the usual stuff & Steve made all the snacks.
Now, I am not a Black Friday shopper. Well, I guess I should say, I wasn't! Now that the kids are older and want more expensive things for Christmas, I am getting into it. One thing I learned real well while Steve was in nursing school is how to stretch a dollar, & those habits have stuck with me. Why pay $50 for something, when I can get it for 75% off?
So, Steve & I woke up bright & early on Thursday to go to KMart to get something for Emily at a deeply discounted price. We were very surprised at the big line of people there at 6:30 am. As soon as the door opened at 7am, people flocked inside the store. I told Steve to go ahead, & I would catch up. He went ahead, & by the time I made it to that part of the store, 2 minutes later, the item was sold out!! Fortunately, Steve was fast & made it in time to get one. It was crazy!
We came home & went back to bed. When the kids got up & noticed we were still in bed, they called us "lazy old people." Ha Ha, if they only knew.
Steve started the turkey & then we played Monopoly with Jonathan. Now, I always win & suspected nothing less from this game. I took Jonathan out fairly easily, but Steve was in it to win, & was absolutely giddy when he won for the first time ever!
We spent the afternoon watching movies & eating. We had dinner around 4, and it was delicious! Kaitlyn said she enjoyed the day because we are usually so busy with school, work & church, that we never have time to just hang out. I couldn't agree. more!