Christmas kickoff!!

well, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. we hope you all did as well. we went to my parent's house. it was lots of fun. the only family we were missing was my sister mallory and her husband casey. other than them we were all able to make it for thanksgiving. we had turkey and ham and all the fixin's. yes, i said fixin's. it was so yummy. but i'm tired of turkey for sure now. the next day, my dad takes the ham leftovers and makes a thai salad that is spicy and so good to eat. we stayed in norman for the OU vs. OSU football game, too. i took the kids up to campus and to the stadium to see all the partying and the fun. they were loving it. then we walked all the way up to the stadium and we all just wanted to go inside. but no tickets. it was a sell out game. not to mention, we couldn't afford $77.00 per ticket. then, i saw this man selling them. they were only $5. the 3rd quarter had just started. and i had cash. so i bought them and the kids and i went up. it was so great cause blake just kept asking if we could go in and see the Sooners play football. and i kept telling him that we didn't have tickets. so it was awesome. we were way up high, but we could see so great. beautiful view of norman as well. to top it off, OU, of course won!! so all in all, we had a great time. thanksgiving and the game was a blast.

now, the kids are ready for Christmas. chuck and i did the black friday thing. we shopped and got some great deals. chuck was too late for a few of the items. that was too bad. but we are keeping our eyes open for some more sales. the kids and their cousins helped decorate grammy's tree. they had tons of fun doing that activity. tonight, we put up their little tree in their bedroom. it's a small fiber optic tree and they love it to pieces. so, the Christmas season has officially begun!!!! yea!!