The month of November started out with beautiful weather. Then in the middle of the month it got really cold and started snowing. We got a lot of snow. There was even enough that school here in Kuna was canceled. That almost never happens. Brynlee was convinced it was Christmas. We had fun playing in the snow while we could. We went to a little hill to go sledding but the hill wasn't as big as Joel thought it was. The girls still seemed to have fun. They really had the most fun just having their dad pull them around in the grass on their sleds. A few days later all the snow had melted and the weather was nice again. Brynlee was devastated because she thought she had missed Christmas.
We had fun celebrating Thanksgiving with my family this year. We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving with Joel's family back in October. Their Thanksgiving is on the second Monday in October but since everyone here had to work on Monday we celebrated it right after church on Sunday. Unfortunately Joel had a meeting right after church so by the time we got there everyone was already done eating. Luckily they saved us some food and we got to play games.
I helped my grandma cook the two days before Thanksgiving so we had time to play a game before we ate. We had a good discussion about everything we are thankful for and a little family game time after the food. Then we ate pie and played more games. There were crafts and a Thanksgiving movie for the kids and a good time was had by all.
Joel and I didn't plan on doing any shopping for black Friday until Brynlee found this present that she really wanted. She has been talking about it for weeks. I was going to just order it online but they were out of stock. I tried to send Joel to get it at the store on Wednesday but they were out at Target and they were not selling them that day at Walmart so we decided we had better go to the store right away. My dad watched the older girls and I put the baby in the moby wrap and we headed to Walmart. This was Joel's first time going to the store right when they first open. We got the main thing we wanted and Joel picked up several other things as well. It wasn't all that crazy in there so we made it out in one piece and we even managed to make it to Toys R Us. We got all of the Christmas presents we need for the girls. I have so much to be thankful for this year. Especially for my wonderful husband and my three beautiful girl. I love my little family so much.
