We had a wonderful trip down to Utah for Thanksgiving. I seriously married into the BEST family. We had so much fun eating lots of yummy food, playing games and just hanging out. I wish I had taken some more pictures but I forgot to charge the batteries (as usual). I learned a few things during this particular trip:
#1. There was a reason my parents would always leave on long car trips during the EVENING. We left at about 4:00 and we had so many less stops...potty breaks...fights to break up. The boys slept while Nate and I enjoyed having some one on one time. I have always been hesitant about driving that road at night but as long as the roads are clear...we are doing that from now on!
#2. I can be one of those crazy, competitive, insane all night shoppers and it is A TON OF FUN!!! My mom in law and sisters in law pulled an all nighter hitting all of the great sales. We hit the ModBod sale at 12:00...went to the mall at 1:00, waited in the Kohl's line at 4:00 and made it to Target by 6:00. We were all sugared up on Dr. Pepper and totally delirious but we had so much fun. There were only a couple of mild battle wounds but the great deals were worth it!
#3. I am a ROCK STAR. I never knew I had such mad skills. We played Guitar Hero 3 and I was getting 75% on the EXPERT LEVEL!!! If this whole child raising thing doesn't work out....I think I have a career to fall back on.
It is nice to be back home. Time to bring on the Christmas season!! Before we even unpacked the car we started getting out the Christmas tree and decorations. We couldn't really unpack the car while the boys were awake since the majority of luggage was from Santa. Here's the finished product:
It's kind of nice not having any furniture in our front room. It is completely devoted to the Christmas tree!
6 comments:
I can't believe you hit so many stores. That's awesome! I love the tree!
You are brave women. I hit Gymboree just before the early bird sale ended at noon at it was a mad house! THe line was soooo long and there were lots of mad women because the computers broke down. It was seriously funny!
I love your tree! It looks so pretty ! We are glad we don't have any furniture in our front room too, we bought a 9 foot tree but didn't look at the diameter until we set it up. It's like 5-6 feet in diameter so it takes up quite a bit of space. It took me a few minutes, but now it has grown on me. Happy Holidays!
I dedicated my whole front room that has no furniture to my Christmas tree too. It's an excellent use of space. After Christmas my house will seem more bare.
I am glad you had a nice Thanksgiving. It makes a difference when you spend it with family.
attachedI loved this post. I actually didn't do much shopping this year, however I too love the rush of getting to all the stores early in the morning and getting some great deals! I was going to do a post like this today, but I'll just elaborate here instead:
1- when we used to vacation with my parents and all they wanted to do was be lazy around the hotel room I wanted to scream, yeah-I didn't get that until now! We had the best time visiting my family because we literally didn't do much other than eat and sleep!
2-I totally agree with you, leaving in the afternoon was SO worth it because the kids fell asleep and we got some serious one on one time that we didn't have to pay a sitter for!
I love the ribbons on your tree! It is so cute. I am jealous about your black friday, I didn't go out at all, boring huh!
I LOVE the early morning shopping! I would totally be ready for an all nighter. I love all the crazy madness! And the tree looks beautiful!
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