Thanksgiving and Black Friday!

Well, Thanksgiving turned out to be a wonderful day--even though a "cold" front decided to descend upon us. And let me clarify..."cold" in TX means the high was around 50 and the low was near 40. Hmmm...yeah....not so cold compared to up North, but when you've been here for awhile I SWEAR 50 feels COLD =)!!! Anyhow, we all had a great time eating, chatting, and browsing the ads in preparation for Black Friday. We truly have
so much to be thankful for!!!


The Halvorsen/Schlafer Family


My ADORABLE niece McKayla!!


Me and McKayla--and YES--she can count, spell her name, say the ABC's, etc, etc....she's a total smartie pants!!!

After browsing the ads on Thanksgiving, I was ready to tackle the crowds and stores on Black Friday. I outdid myself this year and even got up early enough to hit the outlet mall first. It turned out to be a MAD-HOUSE and it will not be on my list of things to do again next year, but at least I tried it out. I then headed back to Austin and was able to visit all the stores on my list and finish ALL my shopping by 10:00am. WOW! It really was not that bad or crowded anywhere I went, and boy does it feel good to know that I'm finished and I don't have to do any more shopping! We're certainly busy enough the next few weeks before we fly to NE that I don't need any extra shopping to do! Part of our busy-ness involves (shhhhh) Justin turning 30 on the 8th. He claims to not be having a birthday this year...but of course it will still happen and be special!! I'll be sure to post about all the fun and joys of his 30th!
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and if any of you were out on Black Friday--good for you!!!