Thanksgiving and Black Friday

It was a terrific five days off of work. Thursday was quite busy with the cooking for turkey day. I made the turkey while Sean made all the fixings. Everything turned out delicious. My parents came down and ate dinner with us. I was very happy to get to see them and catch up on alot of the things that I miss in their lives. Mom stayed the night and the girls were all over her. Chloe had made a game at school called "pick a turkey" that kept mom and the girls busy for well over an hour. Then mom read them books of their choice. When it came to bedtime, Chloe slept with grandma and Tristen slept with mommy.
The next day was one of our favorite days of the year. Sean and I were up at 3:30 am with our advertisements and our list in hand ready to go. Oh the madness had begun!! We got to Wal-Mart around 4:30. It was jam packed and hard to get through the store. At five am the sale began. We were able to get every deal that we wanted there, which is a very hard task! Next we were off to Target. Target is one of the busiest stores during Black Friday. They open at 6 am and we were in line at 5:30 am. We were near the middle of the line, the line reached clear to Farm King. People were not very friendly and were set on getting their bargains. They even had the police there. The "big" deal we were wanting to get was a camcorder. I have always wanted one so that I could tape my precious babies during their events, birthdays, xmas, and so on. I must say that I have the BEST man ever!!! Sean took off through the store faster than I have ever seen him run, he gets to the back of the store where the cameras are, twists his knees badly, yet he still comes out with my camcorder!!! Sean wobbles through the rest of the store with me, gladly we didn't have very many items left to pick up. I was so happy to get my camcorder and Sean knew how badly I had wanted it, so he goes to every extent, including getting hurt to get it! I am a very lucky woman to have such a great man!! After Target I had to stop at Menards. They had comforters for only ten dollars. I picked up a few blankets and candles, quickly checked out and we headed home.
Later on that day I had decided to go in and get my massage. Oh my I had no idea what I have been missing out on all these years. Sean had purchased me a full hour of massage and it was lovely. I have never been so relaxed in all my 26 years. The lights were low and the music was soft and the masseuse was awesome. Thank You Sean!! Once I got home I told Sean that I am going to start getting massages once every couple of months because it is well worth the money. On Saturday and Sunday we basically rested. We were quite worn out from all the activities that had occurred over the past few days. Sean is still hurting quite a bit so he hasn't been able to do much:( He says it was worth it to get me my camcorder.. whatta man!!!

School Conferences

Sean had the girls parent teacher conferences on Friday. Both are doing really well in school this year. Tristen is adjusting to the school routine and plays well with the other students. Chloe's teacher said she "sparkles" in class and is a great student, but she does need to work on her talking and keeping her hands to herself. So to say the least I am a very proud mum. Tristen was very lucky to be able to spend a few hours with grandma and grandpa Parker. She tells me that she had a great time and enjoyed teasing grandpa. I really wish there were more hours in the day so both of the girls got time to spend with their grandparents because they do miss them immensely everyday.
This Thursday will be very exciting for the girls. My mother and father are coming up to spend Thanksgiving with us. We are going to have turkey, green bean casserole, scalloped corn, rolls, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and so on. Also my mom is going to be staying the night. The girls are thrilled to be having a sleep over with grammy. I am going to rent some new movies and pop some popcorn and we are having a jammy party.. Yeay!! It has been a little while since the girls have seen my mom due to the fact that she lives about two hours away, so this is quite a big deal to us.
On Friday Sean and I are going to be doing our once a year date!!!!! This consists of getting up at four a.m. to go shopping for the Black Friday. Obviously Sean and I don't get out much alone, but we make an exception for the busiest shopping day of the year. I am not sure what we plan on purchasing, and to be honest I don't really care, I am just looking forward to enjoying this time with my man.

I hope that everyone has a fantastic turkey day......gobble gobble....

My Family

This post is dedicated to my family.


My family is very important to me and I am thankful for them.
Chloe is a very special little girl. She is very well versed and always up to try new things in her life. She does her best with whatever it is she sets out on. I will never forget the day that I brought home Tristen, Chloe was very eager to begin her role as a Big Sister. She is always looking out for her sister and gives her lots of love. She is getting awesome grades in school and I am very proud of her. I know that oneday Chloe will be a successful woman. Chloe has not had the easiest life in her six years on this planet. Her biological father has dumped on her and so have his parents. Sean has been very good and has accepted Chloe as his own. I couldn't ask for a better man and love him very much.Tristen is an incredible girl also. She is such a split between Sean and I. She is very loving and always willing to give ya hugs and kisses. She is just too cute... wants to be like her big sister, enjoys dancing, putting on makeup, hide and seek, school, sharing time, and reading books. She is also doing a great job in school. I am very thankful to God and to what he has given me in this lifetime.

Minature earth video

Here is Tristen... she has dressed her self up as a "rockstar" she tells me LOL.

There is not much news to report as I have been working a sixty hour week, not leaving much time for family time. That is okay though I'm sure we will make up for it next weekend.
Here is an interesting video that I found.. take a peek if you have the time...
http://www.miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm

Lazy Weekend

It was a nice and relaxing weekend. We mainly tried to prepare the house for winter. We have used plastic on most of the windows in and effort to keep heating costs lower. We also cleaned up the house a bit and the girls pitched in on this. On Saturday we did go out for a little while to Sean's friends house and we also went to Washington to pick up three new fishes for Sean's aquarium. But all in all we just relaxed... which is good for ya once in awhile.
I did get good news from Chloe's teacher this weekend. I received her report card in the mail. In first grade they use marks like O for outstanding and S for satisfactory and so on and so forth. Well, Chloe received eighteen O's and the rest were S's except for a few that were N (needs improvement). All the N's were related to Chloe's talking, which I don't see slowing down in the near future. She is a child that enjoys expressing herself verbally... go Chloe:))

Bye Bye Halloween

Halloween has come and gone again.. We had a fantastic time. On Tuesday we went to Houghton as planned. What a generous town that is. The girls got mostly candy bars and full sized ones at that. They were very sugar hyped that night. Chloe and Tristen were the most adorable little girls. They went to each house together with Sean and I trailing behind, they are very hard to keep up with when they are candy hunting. On Wednesday we started our night off by going to grandma and grandpa Parkers. The girls had been looking forward to seeing the new puppies and enjoyed holding the little guys in their hands. After getting their pictures taking with grandma and their treats we headed to Mt. Pleasant. We had planned on going to the E3 Center where there was a Pumpkin Patch, but the place was so crowded that we skipped this and went on our way with trick-or-treating. We stopped over at Koda's grandma's house which was great because she hasn't seen Chloe and Tristen in a long time, and I got to tour her new house which is gorgeous. Now we have so much candy we don't know what to do with it...lol.. All in all we had a nice time and I will be posting some pictures when I get them developed.
With all the excitement this week I still found time to watch some movies, so here is my review... The Reaping is a horror flick.. I loved it, 1408 is also a horror film it was alright.. I do not recommend anyone to watch the show Jam it sucked. We also rented the movie Meet the Robinsons this flick is an animated one for the kids and we all loved it:) I did not like Hostel 2 and I'm not sure why I rented it seeing as how I did not like Hostel part 1.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will be back on Monday with a full report of our weekend. This weekend we will be taking it easy because I have a sixty hour week next week. Until next time....