A Joyful weekend

Its been a great weekend. I love the holidays!

Chanel came home and Sienna was here and we spent Thanksgiving with Don & Leeann and family. We all had such a good time together. The food was great except that my Mac and Cheese was dry and my cherry pie was doughy. I do not claim to be a cook! Its fun to fix thanksgiving dinner but I'm really not very good at it. : ) Katie and Rick both loved the deviled eggs. I'm glad of that because it was the first time that I have ever made them and I was a little worried. Leeann, on the other hand, is a great cook. Her turkey was absolutely perfect. We really had fun. I loved having the girls there with me. I love that they were able to spend time with our very best friends. I wanted them to share the joy that the Samples family brings to us and I wanted the Samples family to share the joy that my girls bring to us as well.

Friday morning, bright and early at 4:30 am, I picked Chanel up from Sienna's house and we were off to relish in the Black Friday chaos. We got some great deals but I found myself buying stuff for me and not for others. I really need to work on that!I got some great stuff though! We went to Old Navy and the line was all the way back and around the store. I think we waited in line for about 45 mins, but it was okay with us because we could shop more as we walked up to the front of the store in line. Chanel was my "go to" girl. I would tell her what to go get and while she went, I waited in line. It was a great system! We were going strong until about 8 am then we took a break for breakfast. And we were off again. Chanel sort of pooped out on me about 10 so I took her home so she could nap. Shopping is stimulating to me. I don't get people who become exhausted from shopping.

Saturday we went to the Fantasy of Trees. That really put me into the Christmas spirit! We decorated cookies and made thumbprint ornaments, and decorated a miniature christmas tree for Sienna's desk. We took lots and lots of pictures. Luckily Chanel had her camera because. once again, I forgot mine. I did have my phone though and it worked out okay. The trees were extraordinary! We watched the dancers do their thing. It was kind of nostalgic because I have spent many years watching my girls dance on stage. It was a beautiful day.

Today I put up our tree. Our living room has kind of shrunk over the last year so we had to get one of those skinny trees. I didn't like it at first and even pouted a little about it but once I put the ornaments on it, it was beautiful! I went with red this year.

So, all in all it was a great weekend! I always hate to see Chanel go back to Cookeville and it makes me kind of sad. I don't know what I will do when she is in Belgium for 6 months. Its going to be tough.

Have a happy Monday tomorrow!