Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was very busy for us this year.  My grandparents were unable to make it out, and they were missed.  We went over to Amanda and Tyler's house for Thanksgiving.  We went out in the canyon and took some family photos--since it will be the last before Cory leaves on his mission.  Then we had Thanksgiving dinner and spent the afternoon relaxing and looking at ads for Black Friday.

Kai did really well.  He was fussy when we first got there, but once we went downstairs and put him in the mini-crib Amanda and Tyler had set up, then he went right to sleep.  He slept nearly the entire afternoon, which was really nice.  Zuri ran around with her cousins and had lots of fun.  She even ate like a champ--if only she would do that every day!

Kai with his great-grandmother--he was mid-blink so he looks sleepy.


I had set Kai down on his back and went to get a blanket.  He rolled to his side and was asleep before I turned back around.

Friday was spent Black Friday shopping.  Oh yes, I braved the crowds, but I didn't get up super early to do so.  The crowds really weren't that bad, and I was able to get some really good deals.  I spent the morning shopping on my own and then met up with Josh's mom and sisters for the rest of the afternoon.

Saturday morning was spent finishing up shopping, then I worked on my talk (I gave a talk on gratitude at church today).  Once Zuri woke up from her nap, we did some Christmas decorating and got our tree up.  We don't have a tree topper yet, so the tree is not completely finished.  Zuri absolutely loved decorating the tree.  She has been enamored with Christmas trees ever since they started showing up in the stores at the end of October.   She kept saying, "oh so pretty!" every time she put an ornament on the tree.