Thanksgiving and stuff

We actually had a very nice Thanksgiving. We had it with some close friends who had family in town, and boy was the food amazing! Thanksgiving dinner ended up about 2 hours later than planned, because they were trying to get everything done, but it was worth the wait! Everything was super tasty. I still missed the pit-roasted turkey from home, but it was a very nice afternoon.
Thanksgiving morning was pretty fun, too. Jeremy went and played football in the freezing cold mud with a bunch of other crazy guys. This is what he looked like when he got back:
The kids and I watched the Macy's Day parade while I folded a bunch of neglected laundry all morning. Not exciting, but nice. :) We enjoyed just hanging out much of the day, and the kids loved having Daddy home all day.
The next morning, we finished decorating our Christmas tree. Definitely a big hit. The bottom tier of ornaments are still being constantly rearranged and played with. Both kids were so excited about every step of putting the tree up, and Jaina still points to it excitedly and says "Christmas!" This picture is from that night. It took me a couple days to finish all the popcorn garland Jeremy decided we needed this year, so it looks a little nicer now. We're also in the market for a star that goes with our new tree, but haven't found anything yet, obviously.

I think that first picture of them together with the tree (the day after Thanksgiving) is still my favorite. :)

Black Friday is always exciting around here. Jeremy loves looking for good deals (especially in electronics) and actually made it out early this year. He got a lot of good stuff, especially a 1.0 TB external hard drive for me. :) I have way too many video projects, and am always running out of space. The day was actually super warm (for this time of year) and we put up all the rest of our decorations and a few outside lights as well. Here's a picture of our kids "helping" our neighbors put theirs up...