"Thanks-mas"

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, of course we stuffed ourselves, then everyone vegged out and took naps, then had a repeat of the meal for dinner. Aaron acquired a visitor that day when he went on a run before the big meal. A black lab followed him home. We think he was less than a year old. Of course, the tag he had only had the number for the vet's office. We tried calling Animal Control and other shelters, but they were all closed. The Roeland Park police even told us to just let the dog go. Aaron tried to bring it back to the area where the dog started following him, but did not see anyone that was looking for the dog. We tried to let it wander, but it stayed at our front door. Since it was so cold out, we took him in and kept him in the garage. He was potty trained, thank goodness.

Thanksgiving night, we started our Thanks-mas celebration by putting up our x-mas tree. Aaron had gotten the tree the day before and had it in the garage. Brady and him had to make a fresh cut and put it on the stand, it is a gi-normous Frasier fir, it's beautiful! I love x-mas trees! I love putting up my ornaments too, I have so many I have received as gifts, I can remember who and where I got them from. My sister and I have been giving ornaments to each other since she first got married. I have a lot of cool ones from her.

Friday, my sister and I went on our shopping extravaganza on Black Friday. We were pretty good for the most part. I had already bought most of my gifts for everyone already. Aaron tried calling the owner of the dog after he talked to the vet's office. He was unsuccessful, but was able to get a hold of a shelter. Aaron brought the dog there and a few hours later, the shelter called back and told him the owner was reunited with his dog. Aaron and Brady took Max and Eli to Union Station, Eli is fascinated with trains! They had a good time. That evening, Mom and Dad took over and Elin, Brady, Aaron and I were able to go out for a bit. We had dessert and drinks, well for me just coffee. It was nice to be able to enjoy each other's company.

Saturday was our x-mas celebration. We opened gifts here, the kids had a grand ol' time opening all of their presents, it went by really fast! We all received some great gifts! Then we went to my cousin's house where she prepared a feast for us. Max and Eli had so much fun running around. That night we watched the unfortunate KU loss. Bummer!

Sunday everyone got ready to leave. We had an empty house by early afternoon. Fortunately, the weather was beautiful for the travellers! We tried cleaning the house and we also raked the leaves. Eli has so much fun jumping in the leaves! Aaron and I made turkey soup from our leftovers, my favorite! We were so tired from the weekend festivities so we all went to bed pretty early. Not looking forward to going back to work!