Thanksgiving, Visitors, and the Polar Express!

We were pretty lucky this year for Thanksgiving. We had Mike's parents visiting to celebrate with us. The girls always love when grandparents visit. This year I made all the food and I definitely made way too much! Mike would always say you could never make enough rolls but I definitely made a bad choice in making ham and turkey! It was delicious though.

Later that night me and some gal pals went to the black Friday sales! Boy that was crazy! I wish I had pictures to document the craziness. Our black Friday experience was pretty successful I would say. One interesting thing that happened was when we were walking out of the mall a truck was driving past us and a guy leaned out the window and puked. I guess he ate too much turkey! Yuck.

Two days later the Coombs, the Pettits and us hopped on the Polar Express! The train took us to the North Pole and along the way we ate cookies, had hot chocolate, listened to a story and sang Christmas Carols. The kids loved being on a real train! Once we got to the North Pole, Santa Claus came by to give each child their own bell from his sleigh. We're grateful to have such good friends and family to share these fun experiences with!

I'm so grateful for this time of year where I came stop and take a moment to look around me and count my blessings. I am so grateful for my family, my friends, and for the time we have had here in Iowa. I never thought that our time here would give me some of my most treasured memories.