Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving Day, we spent together with just our family. It was an awesome day! We started the morning kind of late, with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I missed part of it because I had to make a quick run to the store. Then we watched the National Dog Show while I was fixing dinner. What's your favorite dog? Mine are always the Komodor and the Puli - love that rope-like hair! Last year's Komodor was prettier - this one had shorter dreads, but I did like this year's Puli. Neat to look at, but would never have one though - that'd be a mess to keep clean!

We had left-over Turducken that we'd made for our Bible study group last Thursday. I'd made a casserole of the stuffing, rice, meat, and gravy. We made up a great bean casserole and some jello with fruit in it. I also made Shaylyn's Pumpkin Dessert - it's so easy, and VERY yummy! Before we ate we all went around and shared what we were thankful for. We prayed for E & J in Haiti, gave thanks for the food, and then ate WAY too much! :)

After eating we had to rest for a little while, watch some football, and played a computer game together. Then when we thought we could move again, we went downtown. It was a perfect day for Ice Skating! The outdoor rink was open from 4-9, so we got there just after opening, and there were only about 10 people there - AWESOME!!! By the time we got skates rented, went around the rink once VERY SLOWLY, had the skates sharpened, and then got back on the ice, there were more people there, but not crowded like we'd seen before. It was soooo fun!

Kaylen is such a good skater! She can skate faster than me - although that doesn't take too much effort. It's a little humorous though because she looks like she's jogging. But this girl no longer has fear. She did fall down a lot, but got right back up. She was also VERY good at re-balancing when she was almost going to fall. Crazy! It was a game to her also to stay in front of us. She was so very tired last night though - of course from "jog-skating" all those laps! :)

I'm so bummed that my camera memory card pooped out on me (it said it needed to be re-formatted)! We had some awesome videos and pictures of Kaylen skating. I guess that means we'll have to go again. Would be nice to do anyway, because tonight is downtown's holiday lighting ceremony (it'll be packed tonight!). The ice rink is right along the river, with a great view of the downtown buildings, so it's beautiful to go in December. I'll try to get pictures/videos again if we do go.

We left the ice rink around 6:15, so we'd be home just in time to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which was on TV at 7. Always a fun way to spend the evening after you're pooped from a long fun day!

Today, Jock had to go to work. Daycare was open, and since we pay by the week, Jock took Kaylen on his way to work. She would otherwise have been extremely bored with a 4-day weekend at home. I just half got up and fixed her hair for her. I then went back to sleep for a while, did some reading (Bible, 3:16 book, and computer-email/blogs/facebook), and spent some time in prayer. I had my breakfast/lunch of a bowl of cereal and a piece of pumpkin dessert around noon.

After lunch, I started cleaning and re-arranging the living room furniture. I worked some on my Christmas playlist - added it to my blog, but then noticed that there were several songs with broken links, so I spent some time finding new versions of my favorites. I put a batch of Chex party mix in the oven and some hot cider in the crockpot, and was about ready to get my shoes on to go pick up Kaylen, when Jock called and said he was on his way home and he'd pick her up. YEAH! I haven't been outside all day. Maybe he'll even bring the mail in for me. :)

Tonight we are going to finish off the left-over turducken casserole, listen to some Christmas music, drink hot cider, and put upour Christmas decorations. Should be fun. Tomorrow will probably be another lazy day, and Sunday we'll be going to church and then celebrating Thanksgiving with Jock's family, and Jock's Dad's birthday. Monday, it's back to work (and school for Kaylen).

Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving!