happy thanksgiving

we had a very lovely and quiet thanksgiving! kevin went off to work thursday morning while the kids and i watched the macy's parade and put the finishing touches on our menu assignments. then we headed over to my parents for the rest of the day.

kevin came over around 2 to join in the relaxing. we did a puzzled, dressed some pilgrim and indian paper dolls, and watched movies.

we put a great spread on the table and enjoyed dinner with natalie, grandma freidenberger, and mom and dad.

 

 

a turkey butter mold. awesome! 

kevin and maddy 

owen and kevin 

the four old birds. Ha! ;) 

me and nat (SO FUN to have a sister join us) 

me and wes 

wesley's taking a bite of the drumstick. 

wesley putting the finishing touch on our charles wysocki puzzle.

after a few hours we were ready for PIE! maddy insisted that grandpa sit with her. she loves her grandpa!

around 9pm me and nat convinced dad to chauffeur us to walmart and target to get a couple shopping items. we struck out at both places. THEY WERE CRAZY! but, it is always fun to be a part of it for a moment. we were sad we didn't get what we wanted to PLEASED we didn't have to stand in the 1-2 hour lines.

the next morning me, nat, mom, and dad were back at it! we had great success and a fun time shopping together. dad is a great chauffeur and is always waiting right outside the store door with a warm car to greet us! we grabbed some breakfast (the REAL reason we go out) and made it home in time for kevin to head to work.