Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving! We ate hearty, took naps, put up the Christmas tree, and most of all, were together. I didn't get any good pictures of the delicous turkey that my mom made or the yummy veggie casserole (yes, I can make some things) or the saucy lasagna that Amy made (because neither her or Chuck eat turkey), but it was good eating. I did manage to get some pictures of Gracie helping Grandpa hang ornaments on his tree. She loves doing this. It reminds me of me when I was little. I LOVED putting the ornaments on the tree and seeing all my parents ornaments, just brings back memories.....

When she was finished, she sat underneath the tree and looked up. She did a great job! Sadly, I didn't get much of any family pics this holiday. We are all still recovering from last weeks stomach virus and now minor colds although Bub has a double ear infection too :( but it could always be worse right? I did buy the kids cute Thanksgiving shirts to wear. I got a pic of Gracie in hers because of course we are thankful for her! Evie would not let me take her picture. She is as wild as the turkey on her shirt. I barely got one of my other turkey gobbler. We had fun though. The kids spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa so I could hit the Black Friday madness. It's become a tradition with my girlies. We hit the stores at 3 which was awesome because we missed the crowds and didn't wait in any lines! We shopped for about 6 hours covering Target, Kohl's, Walmart, Menards, Toys-R-Us, Michaels and a breakfast break too. We got some awesome sales and then some. Then it was off to the docs to get Presley some meds and then we went to the Christmas parade in downtown Joliet last night. Today Amy, Gracie, and I took my mom to lunch and shopping since her birthday was during the sickness craze. We went up to Woodfield and ate lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (yum). Now it's off to order some Christmas cards and rumage throught the purchases that were made yesterday. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now off to get this holiday season really started!