Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful thanksgiving. I was lucky enough to have Wednesday off. So, I made rolls and apple crisp. Then on Thursday I went to kickboxing, came home and made a new recipe: butter squash risotto. I loved it. You saute the squash, onions, butter, garlic and rice. Then you simmer it in white wine, and slowly add chicken broth and water. It was yum.

We went to Gona's around 11. Grandma and Grandpa Great, Emmi, Mark, and Kade all came as well. Damon and Shelly came for dinner because Shelly had to work at 3 on Thanksgiving. She is a pharmacist at Walgreens, and they are open on Thanksgiving, so they couldn't get home to Rockwell City and back in time to eat.

There was a pool tournament and Josh and Kade were the champions. Then we ate a wonderful dinner. Everything was quite yummy. And after a farkel tournament (of which I was the winner) we ate dessert and played with McKenna. A very fun day. I went home and went to bed at 8pm, and Josh and McKenna stayed over at Gona and Baca's so I could get a good night's sleep - since I had to get up at 1:30am the next morning.

The day after Thanksgiving (aka black Friday, aka the busiest retail day of the year) was nuts. People started lining up at 5pm on Thanksgiving night. They slept overnight. I got there at 3am to set up for opening at 5am. The line wrapped around our building, along the side, all along the back and around the other side again. There had to be at least 300 people there....what is wrong with people??!!?!?!?

Needless to say, by the time we opened the line was very long. It took half an hour just to get all those people in the store. Mad rush, craziness. We did about 6-7 times the revenue we do on a typical weekend day....it was nuts! But it was a lot of fun - my favorite day of the year to work.

Here are some pictures from Turkey Day:

--Damon and Shelly--

--Josh, Brandi and McKenna--

--Gona, Baca, Kade and McKenna--

--Grandpa and Grandma Great--

--Mark, Emmi and Kade--

What a wonderful family!!