Three Thanksgivings

Pat and I were spoiled this year and had not one, not two but THREE Thanksgiving dinners. We had Thanksgiving with my family the Saturday before Thanksgiving, then we had our own Thanksgiving dinner on actual Thanksgiving. Did I mention that Pat came home with a 21 pound turkey one day? Yes we will compile a cookbook of the 80 meals we will eat that all have turkey in them ha ha.

Sooooooooooooooooooo grateful for this guy and all of his hard work :) 

That is a lot of Turkey!

Check out the size of that turkey leg

Then Pat and I went for a nice little walk around Adams Park. Since it is like 50 degrees in Novemeber we might as well enjoy it right? :) And we saw some squirrels playing and jumping from tree to tree at the park, they were pretty fun to watch actually, one of them almost didn't make a jump lol.

We also got to have Thanksgiving dinner at Pat's parents the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was wonderful, and I am super grateful for all of the family and food that we have :)  We are extremely blessed!

My mom and I got to go Black Friday shopping on Black Friday as is a tradition of the past couple of years. It was super fun as always, we saved a ton of money, I got most of my Christmas shopping done,  and we did not run into any crazy shoppers either, so that was a definite bonus. Everyone was actually pretty nice that was around us, and people would hand other people stuff they wanted or asked for and everyone was saying thank you. 

Although Pat and I went to Wal-mart Thursday night and there was this one dvd I wanted and it was the last one and this other lady and I grabbed it at the same time, and I had been looking for that dvd for about 20 minutes and she was like oh I want this one! So I was nice and let her take it. Then the next day shopping with my mom I found the same dvd and it was still a really good price. So it really does pay to be nice :)

The following weekend my dad had to go to the hospital unfortunately. So Pat and I went down just for one night so we could help out. Pat installed a new washer and dryer while we were there and I cleaned and helped put up some of their Christmas decorations. My mom and dad were at the hospital the whole time we were at their house so they came home to a welcome banner and Christmas decorations and a newly installed washer and dryer. I am glad we could help out, but sad we had to hurry back and didn't have time to actually see you mom and dad! Love you!

Super grateful for all of his hard work building a platform and installing a new washer and dryer :) Isn't he brilliant?! 

 I wanted to hide in this box and jump out and surprise my parents when they came home, but that is probably not a good idea to do when welcoming someone home from a hospital visit.

Other than that we are just keeping busy! Pat has finals this week wahoo! I think this is one of the first years finals have not been on his birthday yay!

One night we made way too many sugar cookies!

Oh and we may or may not have adopted this little rascal! :)

And even though it doesn't quite feel like Christmas yet I still love love love this time of year and the joy of the Christmas season and I hope we can remember the true meaning of Christmas and remember our Savior Jesus Christ, and all He did and still does for us, and to love and serve others and enjoy every moment :) 

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