Thanksgiving Recapped

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!!  We spent from Wednesday to Sunday in Wichita.  It was a fun little vacation, but we were exhausted when we got home.  Here's a short breakdown of what's been going on with us.

Wednesday - After cleaning the apartment (so things would be nice when we came home), we headed to Wichita.  We spent some time with Sis and Adam, then, left Harlee with Ducky and Mila and went to the movies.  Mama bought us a gift certificate to the Warren Balcony for Valentines Day last year.  So on Wednesday we went to the balcony to watch the newest Harry Potter movie.  It was a great movie and we enjoyed our first experience in the balcony.

Thursday - Happy Turkey Day!!  We had 2 Thanksgivings to attend on Thursday.  For lunch we were at Grandma and Grandpa Counterman's.  It was nice seeing those family members that we don't see very often.  It was exciting seeing Josh and Amy who are expecting their first baby boy in March.  Amy is starting to show, and Sis was lucky enough to feel the baby kick.  Can't wait to meet the little guy!  Later that day we were at Grandma and Grandpa Heorman's house for dinner.  We enjoyed seeing family there as well who we don't see but on the holidays.  We browsed the ads and started making our gameplan for Black Friday.

Friday - Michael slept through most of the craziness that was Black Friday.  Sis and I started our shopping at Midnight at Wal-Mart.  We got there about 11:45 and the DVD's were already pretty well picked through.  However, we found a few things and got out in about an hour.  Then, we went back to Sis' house and slept for about an hour before getting back up around 2:15 to get ready to head to Khols (which opened at 3).  We did really well at Khols this year, including my Christmas dishes (I'll write more about those later).  We got out in about an hour again, then were headed to Target (which opened at 4).  I did the best at Target this year.  One of the exciting things I got at Target was a new Christmas tree!  (I'll post more info and pictures about the tree later.)

Saturday - Saturday was a day of old friends!  We got up early and packed up our car before we headed to Starbucks to meet with the Mays!  John and Meredith got married this summer and moved to Colorado Springs where John is going to school.  We haven't seen them since the wedding, so it was good to catch up with them and splurge on some expensive coffee.  :)  Later, we went to Mama's house to spend the rest of Saturday and Sunday.  We caught up with her a little more (we saw her on Thursday before she had to go to work), then we went to Newton.  (Can you tell we spent our whole break traveling?)  We went to Newton to see Michael and Amaia Tuszynski who also got married over the summer.  However, we didn't get to go to their wedding because it was in Idaho.  Michael's (Tuzy's) parents had a reception for the people here in Kansas who didn't get to attend the wedding.  It was nice to meet Amaia for the first time and to sit and chat with them as well.  They are also in Colorado, so we may need to make a trip to Colorado this spring to see our friends.  :)

Sunday - Sunday we went with Mama to visit Daddy.  It was a good visit.  We played pitch, Daddy and I won and claimed ourselves the champions of the world.  :)  Then, after a long drive back to Towanda, Michael and I finished packing our stuff into the car and headed back to Manhattan.  It was a LONG, but GREAT vacation.  :)  We were pretty exhausted when we got home, but we still managed to get our tree set up on Sunday when we got back to Manhattan.  :)  Stay tuned for our next blog where you can see how it all turned out.

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving too!  We love you!!
-Jen and Michael

PS - Harlee had a great break also!  She got to play with Ducky, Mila, Buddy, and Bear!  She was pretty wore out at the end of the week also.  :)