Quiet Thanksgiving

Well, we were stranded here in Iceberg for Thanksgiving, but you know, it didn't turn out so bad. We tried to find others stuck here, but I think we were the only family left in our whole complex on Thursday!

I actually enjoyed our quiet Thanksgiving. Usually we are with family and there are 20 or so people and I am either coralling children or doing at least half of the cooking. By the end of the night I am so exhausted and stressed out.

With just us four we sat down and played games while I cooked dinner. It was fun and it was non stressful. It was sooo nice! I wasn't totally worn down by the end of the night. All I can say was it was quite refreshing for a change! After our little feast we played more games and watched Christmas movies. I felt like we really had quality time as a family.

For Black Friday/ Weekend Tim and I went shopping at the Dollar Stores in Idaho Falls for Corbin and Tekara's Christmas gifts. After our drainage pipes in our basement home back in Spokane went out in mid- October and caused over $2,000 worth of damage, we are on a very, very tight budget just for living expenses. We are going to employ Julie Eggelston's great Advent calendar idea to help make the holidays more about family & service than gifts. Isn't that how it should be anyway?

For Christmas we will be up in Spokane/Coeur D Alene for a week. We are really looking forward to seeing family and friends again. We also have to do some drywalling in our basement to finish off all the repairs from the pipes.

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Happy Holidays!