Where have I been? Life is flying by, Thanksgiving is over, December is here, stress is high...ahh! :) We've been busy and blogging hasn't been top on my list. Sorry!

Let's see...Thanksgiving was great. Busy, but great. We had a big turkey dinner at my parents' house at noon with just our family, my parents and my grandma. Joel and Kelly were in Florida and Brad and Bec were at Brad's parents' house this year. At night we went to Mulder for another big turkey dinner...this time with more people. We have so much to be thankful for (family, jobs, life security, friends, to name just a few!) and enjoyed spending the day with family.

I did do some Black Friday shopping. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go out this year since I wasn't dying for anything, but did end up meeting Marci at Rivertown right at 6:00 (a little later that I usually get going on BF, but still plenty early!). I did really well for not really needing anything! :) My favorite purchase was a new pillow for myself...I've needed one for awhile and I love the one I got! I have the majority of my Christmas shopping done, but still have a bit to go. Nothing is wrapped (except the gifts from Tip Toes...love that they have free beautiful gift wrap!), but I'll get there. I love buying gifts for people, so it's a fun time of year.

This past Sunday my Grandma came for dinner at my parents house and Abigail and Grandma Northouse worked on putting gumdrops on the gumdrop tree. I love pictures of them together...about 80 years between the two of them!

Things are moving along this week. Colin started a new trimester, the kids may have had too many days of lazy mornings, because it's getting hard to get them moving in the morning! I hope to actually do a little scrapbooking in the near future, but we'll see!

Have a great day!!