Thanksgiving and our FIRST attempt at Black Friday

We did not take a lot of pics at Thanksgiving to show you all the fun, but we had a blast!
This was my first year away from my family (so of course that was hard), but Dan's sister, Jennifer, and her five boys came and spent Thanksgiving with us and we had so much fun: cooking, playing games, laughing, and so much more. They are from Georgia so I am thankful they took the time and made the drive.
It was so fun getting to know my new nephews and for the boys to play with their new cousins. They were here for three days but I wished it could have been longer. I really like Jennifer and she is so easy to talk to and get along with.
Dan was so excited to have our first Thanksgiving in our house and it went perfectly. We did an old fashion Thanksgiving feast where everyone sat at the same table (it was a LONG table), with a beautiful table cloth, all the food SOMEHOW fit on the table (and might I add I made the best Yams EVER - Thank you Buffy) and so did we! We also had some friends from the Marine Corps come!
We have been teaching Benson and Britton that at the table we never say "Ewww" or "I don't want that." At Thanksgiving it paid off and if they were handed something they did not want they simply said, "Mommy (or Daddy) may I please not eat that?" HA HA It was great!
May I also add that just like any normal American I gained a good 5 pounds from it all!!!! That is how you know it was good, you measure it by the pounds gained. At least that is how I do it.
THEN~
Dan and I decided we were going to do the BLACK FRIDAY shopping the day after Thanksgiving. We had the alarm clock set for 4:30, but that plan soon went out the window when we kept hitting snooze and did not wake up until about 7!!!! We still were out the door by 7:30 and got some GREAT deals! We even got Kung Fu Panda for $6.99. YEAH FOR US!!!! We got all of our Christmas shopping done in one day, it was pretty amazing. I might just end up being one of those crazy "AFTER THANKSGIVING SHOPPERS" every year. We missed all the fighting since we got to the stores later, but I am glad we did. I was so sad to hear some of the stories that happened around America due to these sales. It was also nice to just spend some one on one time with Dan (Jennifer watched the boys for us), I don't think we have had any for a while. FUN TIMES!
We are really looking forward to Christmas now. It looks like we will be having Taylor and Ava with us, we have all of our decor and presents, so now we just need to set up and wrap them all!!! I can not wait!