The kiddie tables
Avery and Rylee eating their Thanksgiving dinner
Logan eating his dinner - He sat by his buddy Mason
Rylee and Raegan - Rylee was so happy to have her here to visit!
All 3 kids - They can NEVER all look at the camera at the same time, so I have to take SO many pictures.... 
After Thanksgiving dinner, we hung out with Darren's family for awhile and then we headed to visit Grandma and Grandpa Boman and have some pie with my side of the family. Grandma Boman always makes LOTS of pie and it was fun to get together with that side of the family for a bit, too. And, then the plotting began for Black Friday. Really, I think Black Friday might be my favorite holiday and I spend hours checking ads and planning my attack. I get so excited when I find out the Target ad has been leaked. I am super nerdy, I know, but I love it! I think it combines sports and shopping and bargain hunting - some of my favorite things - and who doesn't love a little competitive shopping??? I love it!
This year things were a little different since most of the stores opened early. Walmart started their sale at 10 pm on Thanksgiving! I have to say I hate that they are getting earlier and earlier, but I don't hate it enough to boycott and it is kind of nice to not have to crawl out of bed at 3 am. However, it does make the shopping more crowded. More people will go out late at night than early in the morning. We got to Walmart around 9:30 to stake out our place by the stuff we wanted (I was prepared with a store map) only to find that people had torn into the pallets early and pretty much all the big stuff was already gone. By gone, I mean in people's shopping carts and they were waiting in line until 10 to check out. I couldn't believe people would do that! Luckily, my brother-in-law snagged the big item I needed at another WalMart and I found a few other great deals anyway. We finished there and headed to Target. They opened at midnight and we got there a little before and the line wrapped around the ENTIRE store! I had never seen anything like it. We toughed it out anyway and once we got inside it wasn't that bad and we found almost everything we went for. I did a lot of other shopping online so between Black Friday and that, I was pretty much finished up for Christmas after that. It was so nice! After Target, we hit the mall. I got some great deals at Crazy 8 and The Children's Place (my 2 favorite stores!) My mom also was able to get some awesome luggage for my brother going on a mission at JCPenney. We were pretty much done and home by 5 am. It was really nice and fun to go with my mom and sister, Heather, and my sister-in-law, Laura. Some nice female bonding, although I don't think any of them enjoy it as much as me.
We hung out at my parent's house for awhile on Friday and Darren went out and did a bit of shopping. Logan played Xbox and Wii with my brothers so he was in heaven. He brought up these signs he made to cheer on Kyle while he watched him play. I thought they were hilarious! This one says "Kyle go for the Big Boys!" and that drawing is boxing gloves. 
This one is so funny to me. "Today's News (The arrows are my favorite part!) Boxer Goes Up in Match - Kyle 1st, Nick 2nd" Can you tell this kid really likes to read the Sports Page? 
This was the last sign - Go! Kyle! Kyle rocks at Boxing! Another fun holiday. We love celebrating and spending time with our family. (And shopping!)
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