We survived Black Friday....so far!

So I am sure that you all had the opportunity of perusing the Walmart Black Friday ad. Practically giving stuff away in instances. Kim and I haven't gone for several years out on B Friday shopping, but we couldn't resist this year (AND we need to support our local Walmart), so we leaft at 4:40. We were shocked! The parking lot was full already, and I got one of the last 2 shopping carts available in the store (with a kiddie seat on it :(
It was pretty crazy in there. They had the stuff stacked up in the big isles blocking access to all the smaller isles . Most of the stuff you couldn't touch to take (with employees guarding) until 5 AM. There were people who had been there all night who also had to wait until that magic moment! It was pretty nuts!

Thanksgiving was a bit weird here. Brett, Katie, Chad &Erica and Emmy came over for dinner Wednesday since they were spending Thanksgiving with the other side of the family...so we had Tilapia with them. That was pretty much our Thanksgiving. Yesterday, since we were done with the most of the family together, and since Kim has a project to work on in Provo (thanks, honey!) today, we put up Christmas on Thanksgiving! BJ helped us. She did a fabulous job decorating the tree, it looks GREAT! We did have the mashed potatoes, rolls and turkey and pie for dinner...but of course, what you eat is only a small part of the importance of the day...family together is what it is all about, so it just wasn't the same. I ate way too many rolls to be healthy...but it was sure good going down!

The best thing about not having the family here this year for Thanksgiving, is that next year, we should be in turn for the whole family here for Thanksgiving! And I hope that will put us on the same pattern for the future of having the whole fam together every other year here. So that is a good thing!
Well I hope there wasn't any casualties of our family in The BLACK FRIDAY MOBS!