Thanksgiving & Black Friday

          For our first Thanksgiving together Ryan & I stayed in town and celebrated with his side of the family. We all went over to his aunt & uncle's house and (since there are around 30 people) they set up long tables in the back yard so we can all sit together! His aunt is a VERY crafty woman so the tables and decorations looked great! It was a neat experience to have Thanksgiving dinner outside, but I clearly wasn't thinking about the weather when I got dressed that morning! It was a pretty cold day this year AND it was windy, but between borrowing a jacket and a blanket, I was covered! ;) 

          Ryan has 5 little cousins and each year the older 4 (the youngest one just turned 2 so he's not old enough yet) put on a Thanksgiving play for the family each year. This year they did "Stone Soup" which was a witty story about 2 soldiers coming to a town and all the townspeople hid their food because they didn't want to share. The clever soldiers told the towns people they could make soup from stones but they just needed a few things....the people were so interested in how to make soup from stones that the soldiers were able to trick them into bringing out their food...."all we need for stone soup is a few carrots, 3 potatoes, 2 onions...." and so on. It was fun watching the kids act it out and remember their lines! Ryan's aunt hinted that they will need "more actors" soon...haha but we're not quite ready for that yet! Chelsea could always join in though!

        Later that night Ryan & I went out on out first Black Friday adventure. And adventure it was! We left at 9pm and stayed out until 7am! Walmart was our first and craziest stop! There were hundreds of people there and they were definitely on a mission! Three fights broke out while we were there from 9:30pm-12am! We also hit Best Buy, the mall, and Jo Ann Fabrics (got a great deal on a Christmas tree!). It was a fun experience together but we decided we might not do it again together since we couldn't surprise each other with our gifts on Christmas since we bought them together haha!