Our Thanksgiving

My favorite week of the entire year has come and gone leading up to my favorite month of the year... mostly because I'm still dazzled by all the pretty lights. I love Christmas time because of all the family time we get... ok, and the yummy treats as well! In a way it forces us to slow down and spend some much needed quality time with the people we love.

We spent our Thanksgiving in Portland with Jake's parents. This year my sister Beth, brother Dan and our friend Justin joined us. It was pretty quiet and low key since we were all afraid to leave the house for fear of the shopping crazies. I hear those people can be brutal. Beth and I did make it to Fred Meyer Friday morning (why do they call it Black Friday btw?) and I was absolutely shocked at how much stuff people bought and were cramming into their cars. Either they were shopping the deals to stock up for the whole year or they go WAY overboard for Christmas!

Anyway, the kids had a blast with so many people playing with them! I think Dan might just be Allie's new favorite person. He played with her for hours one day jumping on a mattress, giving pony rides and flying her through the house. She was in a state of constant giggles. It was precious! And Adrian found his laugher. I wish I got a video of the first couple that burst out, but of course he was almost done by the time I got the camera.