We're back!!!

We are back from Richfield. We had a really fun time. Poor Jakson was sick most of the time. He had a half of a banana for his Thanksgiving dinner. He was bummed because he loves mashed potatoes and gravy but he just didn't feel up to eating. On Friday he got to play with Riley, who is Uncle Stan's grandson. They had a lot of fun and Madison loved following them around. Justin and I braved the crowd and went to Black Friday at Wal-Mart and K Mart. Richfield actually has both of those stores there. We got some good stuff and hopefully the kids will love it Christmas morning. We also went to breakfast after. It was nice to have some alone time with Justin. On Saturday, the kids played outside with Shannon for a while. Madison had us all in hysterics the whole weekend. She was afraid of Uncle Stan. He reminded her of Uncle Rick who likes to tease EVERYONE including her. So she referred to Stan as Scary. She would ask us, "Where Scary go?" We didn't dare tell Stan I think he would have felt bad. He is actually the nicest guy. It was pretty funny though.

Last night Shelly and Jeff went to the Jazz game so we had their kids for the evening. I had watched the Today Show afternoon edition with Hoda Kotb and Kathy Lee. I love them!!! On Monday they had this woman and her daughter on doing little crafts and they did one that was their handprints cut out and glued together to make a wreath. They were so cute so I made them with the kids last night. It was fun and the kids seemed to love it even the two 2 year olds. After we finished those we made countdown 'til Christmas chains. On 5+ chains I had the kids write something they could do nice and then told them that when they break off that chain to do what was written on it that day. They came up with some good things like: help do the dishes, make someone's bed, and be happy.

We've had a busy last week and a half but we've also had a lot of fun. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.