Thanksgiving/ Black Friday!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a wonderful day of food and family. I know we did. We went to my parents house for turkey dinner. In the morning I was going to go and get the paper/ ads but I didn't sleep well that night so @ 6 am Josh woke me up to let me know what time it was. I responded with if you really loved me you would go get my paper.... then told him he could go get coffee also. So he was up like flash and off to get the paper and coffee. Then we sat in the quite and looked through all the ads and made a little plan of what was going to happen the next morning. (At least I did) I made breakfast and then got things ready to go over to my moms house. Then @ noon we headed over. It was nice to be with my family since my parents are part of the retail world and we will not see much of them until Christmas.

Next morning I was up by 2:55 AM. My aunt picked me and my friend Ladoni and my sister in-law Chelsea up by 3:45 AM. That way we were able to get to Khols by 4:00 AM. Which is the place that I got all my good deals. We made our way around town all morning long. I got all my christmas shopping done and the other girls also got good deals and got most of there shopping done also. It was so great to spend that time with them and enjoy all the laughing moments of the crazy people in lines and trying to get those great deals. Then around 11:00 AM we met Beth and Eli @ Red Robin and had lunch. By then I was starving due to not eating since thanksgiving dinner the night before and being up that early. We got home around 1:00 PM. My plan was to go and take a nap but Josh was finishing the lights on the house and I wanted to show off the loot that I had. (Les, you know how I am...) By then it was 2:30 and I needed to get everyone in the shower so that we could head down to Eugene. But my brothers came by to bring us a TV. My dad got two HD TV's for his house and now we have there nice big TV. Well that set up back because you can't just move TV's you need to vaccum everything and make sure that it works there. So after I got the playroom done I got a call from one of the stores that I went to said that my game wasn't in the box. I checked and it wasn't there. They said for my trouble for having to come back down they would do something for me. Nice! Well I ended up getting a new wheel for the Wii. Another great thing. When I returned home Josh finished the living room and I got everyone in the shower and ready for the trip down to Eugene.




When we arrived in Eugene Josh's mom had dinner ready for us. It was nice to sit down and have dinner and just relax. I totally wasn't good company due to getting up way to early. Then after dinner we watched polar express. The kids got hot chocolate. Which we didn't realize that it was a bad idea. Since I had been up so long I fell asleep during the movie. Miranda wouldn't go to sleep and was playing around. I went to bed after the movie and Josh stayed up with the kids. Well that didn't work. Miranda wasn't having anything with going to bed.( hot chocolate= child doesn't sleep till really late). I finally got up because Miranda was crying and got her to sleep around 10:30PM. Jonas was scared of something so we ended up having him sleep in our room on the floor. (Man that brought back memories when I was little).





We ended up going home around 1 this afternoon. And now we are watching the Duck vs. Beavers. We are winning 58 to 38! Go Ducks!

A New Scooter!

Yesterday I got a call from Jonas's principal. First thought was "Oh no what did he do".... then she went on and advised me that there was going to be an assembly tomorrow (which is today) and Jonas would be recieving a prize for being third place in a fund raiser that was held in September. It was a fitness fundraiser. How excited to hear that my Kindergardener got third place and we didn't even really try to get people to sponsor him. I had no clue that there was prizes involved. Anyway. She told me that Jonas had no clue and she wanted it to be a suprise. It was so hard not to tell him. So this afternoon I went to his school w/ my mom and my Aunt Marsha (who is in town for a fun day of shopping on Friday). Jonas had no clue that we were going to be there. So we watched as he got his reward. It was a brand new scooter. How fun. He was so nervous when they called his name and had no idea what he was suppose to do. After he got the scooter he lite up like a christmas tree. It was so cute. He began to look around the room and he saw me and my mom. He was so excited that his granny and his mommy were there. (He didn't see his aunt Marsha) Although after the assembly he ran up and gave her a huge hug. Thank you Mom and Aunt Marsha for coming and supporting him. It was really special to him.

Tomorrow we head to my parents house to have turkey dinner and then Friday is up early for a exciting shopping experience w/ my aunt, my sister in-law Chelsea, my friend Ladoni. Lets go get those good deals girl.......

Black Friday!

Who came up with this saying for the Friday after Thanksgiving. It makes me think of when Jesus died on the cross and everything went black. I don't see a day of shopping so much like when Jesus died on the cross but thought what a strange title for a day. I am one of those crazy people who love to get up before the crack of dawn. This year is going to be a lot of fun. My aunt from Washington is coming down to eat thanksgiving dinner with us and then she will brave the morning after with me. We have done it before together when I was a lot younger. I am so excited that she wanted to do it again with me. My plan is to be up and going by 4 am. Khols is open at that time and I have to get all the good deals. Silly me. But what fun.
Josh and Jonas are also looking forward to that day. They are going to start to put the lights on the house. Jonas so badly wants to climb on the roof and help but no way not yet. Josh has told him that he can help put the lights around the garage. Cute kid. So excited. I have wrote my christmas list. Man has it gotten big this year. Seems that every year we have someone to add. This year I have three new babies to add to the list. Two of them are almost one and the other will turn one in April. Can't believe that they are already turning one. WOW!
Friday evening we will be heading down to Eugene to spend time with Josh's mom and step dad. It is a tradition to go down and watch polar express with them the night after thanksgiving. It is a good movie and both kids sit thru the whole thing so it is really nice.
Well more to come after the adventure on Friday....

Maysen turned 4!

Yesterday my nephew turned 4. Unfortunately I was very sick with the flu. So I didn't get to tell him Happy Birthday. He will be having a birthday party on Sunday and Jonas and Miranda are very excited to be going to that.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYSEN! WE LOVE YOU!

Sick Little girl!

Sorry I have been MIA. We have had a very busy week. On wednsday evening we laid the kids down for bed and about and hour later Miranda came out with throw up all over herself. Well I tried to clean it up and I threw up. YUCK! So I spent all night with her holding the bowl while she threw up and dry heaved! Poor little girl. The next day (had no sleep the night before) I called all the kids who were suppose to be coming and told them it wasn't happing today. Miranda and I spent the rest of the day resting. Jonas was glad to just have mom home with out another kids around. Jonas went to school and just us girls got a good nap in. Miranda still didn't sleep last night and was running a fever. I called the doctor and got an appt. for this morning. Josh was home so he was able to go with her. The doctor told him that she had a virus and also a full blown ear infection in one ear and the other one was starting to go and looked bad. Poor little girl. No wonder it was taking her such a long time to get better. Wonder how long that ear infection was there. YUCK!

So that is what is happening in our world.....