Happy Thanksgiving...

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving with LOTS of family!  We began our day at my aunt Jalene's.  We looked through ads and got ready for a day of fun and lots of food.  After the kids were dressed and ready I had hoped to get a good picture of the two of them.  Madi was a doll and did so good even though she was freezin' in the shade. 

My cousin Corbin wanted a picture too.  Madi LOVES playing with Corbin and staying at Aunt Jalene's. :D 

Unfortunately, Easton was less then cooperative.  It was his nap time and he was letting us know.   

Look how handsome Derrick is.  I married one good lookin' guy! 

There was about 40 people coming for dinner at Jalene's.  Good thing she has a big house.  It was fun to be around my cousins and aunts and uncles. 

Since Easton was so tired and dinner wasn't quite ready, we gave him a roll and put him to bed.  I am positive that it made Derrick and my Thanksgiving a much more pleasant day. 

Hanging out with Aunt Tiffy and Whitney... 

These are three of my cousins, L to R: Jace, Jeff and Bryanna 

Nicholas, Christina and their family was here from WA for Thanksgiving.  It was fun to see them again.  Miss Whit is getting so big.  It is crazy to see how grown up she is getting.  I'm turning into one of those old people that used to make me crazy, you know the one, "you are just getting so big.  It seems like yesterday you were just..."  Yep.  That's me.   

And Brenton... 

Another of Whitney.  I'm not sure where Caitlyn was.  I somehow missed a picture of her.    

Madi all ready to eat! 

After lunch we sat around and chatted, made shopping lists and before you know it, it was time for round two.  Off to the Baum's Thanksgiving dinner!  We are big enough of a group that we had it at the church.  It was nice to see everyone.  I am not sure why I have so few pictures from there.  Probably because I was chatting it up!  I did get a couple of Easton though.  Apparently we were not getting started quick enough.  He found a table in the back and grabbed the cube of butter.  Yum! :P

After another fabulous meal, Christina and were off for our adventure.  We started at Toys'R'Us.  I wanted to be one of the first 200 in line to get the $30 goody bag and we actually made it!  There wasn't anything too great for the ages of my kids, but it did have some fun little stocking stuffers.  After we snagged our goods and waited and waited and waited to check out, we drove by Wal-mart and decided to go there later since it was still a mad house. 

Chris, Annie, Tiff and Rick had set up the fire pit at Sports Authority, so we headed that way to meet them and Nicholas.  They were one of the first groups in line.  Sports Authority was giving gift cards to the first 80 people age 18 and older in amounts from $10 to $500.  We played games, made friends with the people around us and had some good laughs.  The best part of the night was the "crazy lady".  

Just after 10:00, a woman came to our group and said she had counted and was # 82 in line.  She wondered how strict they would be about the age requirement because there was obviously people under the age of 18 in front of her.  I suggested she walk up and down the line pretending to be an employee and let people know that they would be checking IDs.  She walked back to her spot.  Around 10:30 employees started to show up.  Next thing we know, the woman is knocking on the door repeatedly until someone comes and answers.  She asked them if they would be handing out tickets to the first 80 people so that people couldn't save spots.  They hadn't planned to but said they would.  She returned to her spot and about ten minutes later came back to the doors, knocking again.  She asked them when they planned to do this.  They told her they would do it soon.  She stood there at the door until someone came out with a stack of business cards.  It was probably 15 to 20 minutes.  The woman followed the employee as she handed tickets to our group.  When she turned to go to the next group, the lady said to the employee "I didn't see you check any of there IDs."  The employee looked at her and said "They are all obviously over the age of 18."  Since I just can't keep my mouth shut, I said to the lady "You better go get back in your spot.  You wouldn't want to miss your ticket."  She came over to me and said "I'm going to have to watch her if I'm going to get a ticket."  We all were appalled by the craziness of this woman.  When the employee was walking back into the store, I said "I just have to ask, did the crazy lady get a ticket?"  She said "Unfortunately yes" in a very annoyed way.  We all laughed and laughed about the crazy lady.

After we got our GC (We each got $10) Christina and I made a mad dash across the street to Kohl's.  Long lines and lots of laughs later, we all me at IHOP for a 1:00am pick me up.  After we ate most went home.  Christina and I did not.  We hit Wal-mart. Macy's, Shopko, K-Mart, another Wal-mart, Target and then stopped to drop our bags at Jalene's before we were off to the outlets.  We got home around 9:00, slept a few hours and then  hit Hobby Lobby, the Dollar Store and Target.  It was a crazy, fun night of shopping and I so enjoyed it!  Can't wait until next year!