Another Thanksgiving weekend is in the books, and man, did it fly by. The kids had Wednesday-Friday off, so I also took Wednesday off. On Wednesday, the kids went out to the farm in the afternoon for a sleepover, and John and I had choir and then church. Afterwards, since we didn't have kids we decided to stop for a beer at TC's Referee. It was a nice way to kick off the holiday weekend.
Thursday we went to Brookings all day (see previous post), and then Friday, we had a nice day catching up at home. John got some ice fishing things ready and put up the Christmas lights. I cleaned the house, packed up for going to Minnesota, went to the gym, and enjoyed some time at home with the kids. We also took a trip to the Bethel Gym to work on some basketball skills with Emma, and then to spend some time shooting nerf guns in the gym with Elliott and Emma. Everyone had a really good time, and we burned off some energy.
After supper, we headed downtown to Byron's office to a little gathering before the Parade of Lights. Then, at 7:30pm we headed outside to watch the parade. The weather was gorgeous (46 degrees), so it was packed downtown. There were 50,000 people in attendance. It was crazy! The kids were lucky enough to sneak up to the front, and then John and I just stood way back behind the sidewalk. The parade was pretty cool, and it lasted for an hour and 20 minutes. There were beautiful floats, the kids got some candy and coupons, and we all really enjoyed ourselves.
By the time we left we were a little chilly, and really sick of all the people. It took a while to get out of there, and by the time we got home, it was time for bed.
On Saturday, we got up at 7:00am, ate breakfast, and then packed up and headed to Minnesota. We were on the road by 8:00am and made really good time to Minnesota. We enjoyed a lot of wine and beer, and some amazing Thanksgiving food. We had the regular Thanksgiving spread, plus Ham balls, and it was delicious. Then, we played some games and visited with everyone. We were blessed with another beautiful day (54 degrees) so we also spent some time outside playing basketball, catch with a football, and just goofing around outside. It was really nice to get some fresh air, and to wear the kids out a little bit.
Elliott got to open gifts again. He got some Pokemon clothes, a Clue JR game, Nerf Guns, a drone, and Pokemon cards. He was one happy little boy, again!
In the evening, we pretended to be hungry and ate a little supper. Then, John and I met up with Steve and Samantha to visit with them and to give Samantha her baby gift. We also got a chance to check out the new brewery in Gibbon. And then we ran into Julie, Todd, and Kyle there, so that was really nice to catch up with them. At around 10:00 pm we called it a night.
Today was another good day. We went to church, and then decorated the church for Christmas like we have the past several years. It went really well and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Then, we went back to mom and dad's for lunch, and then some more visiting and games, before we packed up to head back home.
We made it back home around 5:30pm. We finally got unpacked, and laundry rolling, and now we put the kids to bed and are trying to relax a little before heading to bed to start another week of work.
It was a great weekend, but I can't wait to get back to the gym and back to a routine again. I love the holidays, but it's hard to sit around all day, and I am not used to eating so much food!!
And now, I can listening to Christmas Music and wear all my Christmas shirts, and nobody can tell me it's too early!! :)
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