Thanksgiving Week

We just have so much to be thankful for: Our family, our friends, our Keegan (whose birthday is just before Thanksgiving), our Lauryn, our house, our jobs, our freedom, our tangible items, and most importantly our Lord Jesus. Thanks be to God.

I have some picture of Keegan's actual birthday.  We had pizza (his favorite), a Turkey cake, and some family over to celebrate (again).  My mom and her boyfriend, (aunt) Kara,  (aunt) Katie, and cousins Craig and Connor came over.  Keegan also opened up the last of his presents.  Mainly they were the presents Jay and I got him but he also received a present from his Godmother Kelly and his teachers.  What a lucky boy!

I took a few pictures of him in the morning.  He loves his kiki shoes (the Toms Aunt Kiki got him)!  I love my boy and can't imagine life without him!

 

Have I mentioned Keegan eats pizza like a grown man?

 

 

 

If you ask Keegan how old he is, he will say "1-2!" This kid cracks me up and makes me smile everyday!

 

 

Somehow I managed not to take any pictures at Thanksgiving.  Hopefully that will be fixed for future events since I scored a Nikon Coolpix L310 Thursday night at Target (one of their Black Friday Doorbusters).





We had Thanksgiving dinner at mom's on Thursday.  Her boyfriend was in town and then it was Kara, Jay, Keegan, and I, and my cousin Andrew.  It was a really nice evening and we still have more food than we know what to do with.  This year I got the vegan loaf (fake turkey) from Trader Joe's to try.  It was pretty good and beats past vegan loafs we have purchased. I made stuffing, vegetarian gravy, and broccoli quinoa casserole.  I also purchased 3 pies from Mason's Bakery for a fundraiser they were doing for military families (along with Keegan's turkey cake).

That night Kara and I started our Black Friday extravaganza.  Black Friday, in case you didn't already know, stems from the day the companies go "into the black" (As in start turning a profit for the year and are no longer in the red).  We did our part to help. 

Now a lot of the stores open Thursday night instead of Friday morning for their doorbuster items and sales.  We went to Walmart (2 of them) and Target Thursday night.  We slept in a bit on Friday, then went out shopping again, came home and napped, and shopped the rest of the day.  It was fun, we got a lot of great deals, and I feel like I didn't go too crazy buying a bunch of unnecessary items.

We started the long weekend with Church on Wednesday and Church today.  The holiday season has officially begun!