The beginning of The Holidays!

Well The week of Thanksgiving is a reminder of how close Christmas really is! The Elementary and Middle Schools have always combined their parent teacher conferences with Thanksgiving.. which means no school for them on Mon, Tues, and Wednesday.. then of course They have Thursday and Friday off for the holiday. Well The high school still has classes Mon-Wed. The 3 younger girls enjoyed having time off and I enjoyed attending their conferences. They are all doing well in school. Maddy straight A's and Syd and Pres with top marks in their classes. Take it from me.. a Mother never gets tired of hearing how wonderful their children are! I am very proud of all of my children.. they all are outstanding Students!
We have so much to be thankful for! Starting with of course eachother and our extended Family and friends. This year we had just a quiet dinner(well it wasn't exactly quiet if you know us) home with just us. The food was delicious as always.. and way too much of it.. especially the desserts. (I can never just make one thing..usually 3-4 choices) After we ate, we went and watched The Movie "Old Dogs" Entertaining fun.
I actually went Black Friday shopping this year! Cole went with me for protection! Which means I couldn't shop for him. But found some great deals.. and managed to avoid too much craziness! Thanks for going with me Cole.

Sierra has always been a tagger! This girl writes on everything! Honestly.. even Fruit!
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Steven And I had tickets to the TrailBlazer vs Chicago Bulls game. Then Steven got invited to go to the game with the guys so I took Maddy with me. We sat on opposites sides of the court from Steven.. he had binoculars so he could keep tabs on us. It was a fun time. Maddy LOVES basketball so I don't have to worry about entertaining her. Naturally the treats are a must have!

The Blazers won 122 to 98! Free Chalupas from Taco bell! Woo hoo! They must have liked Maddy they gave her 3 coupons!