Thanksgiving

I have a new appreciation for how hard people work to get Thanksgiving dinner out on a table. We headed out to Sioux City for the holiday to see my side of the family. My mom was sick with strep throat and bronchitis, and was too sick to make dinner, so my dad and I embraced the challenge. I was SO stressed out all day. Lack of sleep (I was up by 6am to help) combined with the stress of getting everything together and making sure everyone was quiet enough for my mom to rest, made for an interesting day. Mom made it out to eat with us for a little while, it was nice to see she was feeling a little better. Black Friday proved to be kind of disappointing, we still haven't quite determined what we'd like to get our families for Christmas so I wasn't really looking for anything. Got a couple new blankets for around the house though, and I was pleased to find the Willow Tree Nativity scene on sale, 30% off! Otherwise, it was just nice to spend time with family, we spent the last two days of the weekend in Anita with Jerod's family. Hope everyone else's holiday weekend was just as great!