Long weekend

Although this weekend has been great, it has been really crazy. I hate to admit it but I cannot wait to get back to our normal life. Let me give you a brief description of our weekend. Hold on to your hats because I'm going to try to go fast.

THURSDAY

First I have to mention Thanksgiving. We went to my side of the family this year. It was with the Pratts ( my mom's family) so it was like it was a fancy Sunday dinner. Anyway, Josh and I were out there around 9:30 and didn't leave until 7:00. We had to help prepare dinner (which was at noon) and then after that we were pretty much lazy. While preparing dinner we actually had to kick the kids outside. That was the wrong idea since it rained on Wednesday. You can only picture the mess. Anyway, while we sat around after eating we looked at the ads and prepared for our Black Friday shopping day. Me, Karen, Wendi, and my mom kicked the boys out at 6:00 to go to Michael's. WHAT?!?!?! They have cricket cartridges on sale for $30. They are normally $90. So, we forced them to go and buy one for us for Christmas. Now they have a "man code" for what happened at Michael's. Apparently there was too much estrogen in the store.

FRIDAY

Since Josh and I are buying a house we need a washer and drier. Sears had a great deal on one Friday so both of us woke up at 4:30 and Josh went to Sears to buy that and something else for my mom. HE was there about an hour and a half which isn't too bad. He eventually came home and went to work for the rest of the day. Around 6:00 AM I drove out to my parents house and Karen and I went to Walmart. We followed my parents down to the Walmart in Coolidge and went shopping there. Lets just say I am going to do that again! Anyway, we found everything we wanted except for some Cars slippers that Karen wanted for Kaiden. We were only gone for 2 1/2 hours which is good considering it took an hour driving and then we walked around the store a few times looking for miscellaneous items. Like I mentioned... worth the trip. Anyway, after that we came home and hung out for awhile... went to Target and then back to my parents house. We baked some Lemon Bars, cut up some fruit, and made pumpkin cookies. We also did some cleaning because I was having a bridal shower there the next day and my mom was gone. We hung out together all day, which is great because I don't get to see Karen too often. I spent the night at my parents house. By the time the day was over I was missing Josh because he left really early that day to go to Sears. It was worth it though.

SATURDAY

Saturday I hosted a bridal shower for a high school friend of mine. Her name is Shannon. She's getting married on the 30th of December. I'm excited for her, but... I'll just stop there. Anyway, it went well, I guess. Shannon's mom wanted games. (Don't even get me started on games and showers. If you want to know my opinion feel free to ask.) Anyway, after that was over (after some torture) Karen and I cleaned up and went to see Twilight. Paula, Wendi, Evan, and Wendi's best friend Tabitha came with us. I have mixed feelings about the movie. I liked it but I'm not freaking out about it. I would like to see it again... when it comes out on DVD.After that I got to come home to my awesome husband and hang out with him. We went to the temple lights with Karen later that night and then came home and hung out with each other. After a busy weekend it was great to finally relax. Now lets see if I can make it through my week of finals.