Mommy J's Journey: Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was the best 5 day vacation I've had in a long time! Wednesday, Jiwoo and I spent the day getting groceries for Thanksgiving dinner and cleaning. I also had taken some time out of my day to go to Alien's Tattoo to take some pictures for him while Erica was getting her tattoo touched up. That was fun because it was the first time Jiwoo had been in a place like that. She was a hoot!

Thursday, the whole family spent the day cleaning the house and preparing the Thanksgiving feast for the next day. When we woke up that morning, Emma and I watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade which she enjoyed. She didn't get the chance to see Santa Clause, though, because she fell asleep on the couch towards the end of the parade.

Friday, we woke up and Grandma started off with the cooking and backing right away! We all stayed away from the craziness of the Black Friday shopping. No way was I going to get thrown in with that many coo coo people. Although, Emma and I did make a run to my work around ten so I could pick up a few things. We had a wonderful day celebrating Thanksgiving with all of our family that showed up. A house full of 22 people! Trust me it was a little crazy, haha. Later that night, Grandpa and Grandma took Emma to the Parade of Lights with Jiwoo, Amanda, Erica, and Blake. Emma had such a fun time there I heard. She looked sooo cute all bundled up in her snow pants, boots, and coat. I'm a little sad that I couldn't be there.

Saturday, this day was the day I was most looking forward to. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TIME!!! We woke up, ate breakfast, got ready, and brought down all the Christmas stuff to start decorating the house for Christmas. Emma was such a big help! She loved putting the ornaments on the Christmas tree. She took a special liking the "baby Jesus" from the nativity scene though. We've lost him a couple times since putting it up, lol, but currently he is safe and sound in his little bed. For the first time, that I remember since I was a little kid, we put up the little farm plantation and the train set this year. I made an attempt at putting the buildings together myself, but ended up having to be bailed out by Grandpa. I'm not too constructionally handy, haha. Emma helped me put all the little touches on the farm. The cows, fences, workers, riders, horses, and cars. She loves to watch the train circle the track around the farm. It was a great day!

Sunday, was an awesome day as well! We watched a handful of Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel. While we watched them, we (and when I say we, I really mean Grandma and Jiwoo) wrapped almost all of the Christmas presents and put them under the tree. I'm such a horrible wrapper, so Jiwoo wrapped my presents for me! :) Ryan and I also made some very yummy chocolate chip cookies too. Also, Grandma got started on all our Christmas cards we're going to send out this year to family and friends.

This weekend was a very fun and productive weekend for the family! I just wish we could have more weekends like this. Here are a few fun pictures to look at from our Thanksgiving weekend.

Emma holding Irelynn