Thanksgiving Fun

We had such a fun getting away to Dallas for Thanksgiving this year. Jennifer, Matt, Mark, and I had a great time making Thanksgiving dinner together on Thursday morning and we all had a wonderful feast in the afternoon.

Then Jennifer convinced me to try shopping Black Friday for the first time ever! We got to Wal-Mart at 4:15 a.m., but fortunately for us, we weren't interested in any of the big-ticket items because we learned that many had been there all night waiting in line -- apparently there is a science to Black Friday. What an experience! It was fun, though, and we hit several stores and scored a few deals before ending up meeting some of Jennifer's friends for breakfast at about 7:00.

On Saturday we went to the famous and fabulous Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center. They have a huge and amazing atrium which they deck to the hilt for Christmas. The kids loved all of the toy trains circling through little villages and the life-size gingerbread house and gingerbread people. We then went through the ICE exhibit of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas where everything was carved out of ice -- it was amazing! The highlight for the girls was going down the ice slides at the end of the exhibit.