Turkey Destruction and Black Friday

Seems like it's been forever since I posted on my blog. In essence it has only been 4 days... but oh time flies when you're having fun!

Thanksgiving was good. Suzi and Austin came over and spent their first Thanksgiving as newlyweds with us. It was nice to have family over. We sure wish my parents and brother as well as Zac's family could have joined us too.

Bryant was really into Thanksgiving this year. He made tons of Thanksgiving decorations for our house. He also helped chop onions (any excuse to use a knife since normally he's not allowed to use one) and he drank his fare share of sparkling cider out of a "wine" glass. But... his favorite thing by far was destructing the Turkey Leg with his teeth. He just devoured the meat right off it. He thought is was sooo cool to eat with is hands and make grunting caveman like noises while at the dinner table. It was fun to watch him eat(and Uncle Austin too...).

After dinner, Suzi and I caught up on all our reality TV that was Tevo'd (I Love NY, Tilla Tequila, Project Runway, The Shot, etc.) Then we got ready for our Black Friday shopping. We drove into town and were waiting outside the mall at 10:00 p.m. Thanksgiving night. The mall didn't opened its doors until 1:00 a.m. It was crazy... more than 10,000 people waiting in line (that's what happens when you only have one mall in town). The crowd was so large, mall officials called in Boise Police to handle crowd control! It was pure chaos (and I loved it) as thousands of people tried to cram their way through the front doors, many of who were scraped and bruised as people pushed to get in.

Here's Suzi and I waiting to get into the mall. It was SOOOOO cold. (*and no I'm not wearing a french baret on my head. It's the hood to my sweatshirt*)

This is what the mall looked like at 1:00 a.m. It was packed. We could hardly move for the first few hours we were in the mall.

This is what the floor around the front entrance to the mall looked like after the mall opened. Can you tell it was total chaos?

I suppose you're wondering if I got some good deals while I was shopping... Why, yes I did. Suzi and I shopped until 11:00 the next morning. Wish I could tell you what I purchased... but that would ruin Christmas surprises for many people who read my blog.

But, I will share with you one of my purchases. Can you guess what it was?


Well, it's not the boy who looks a little too comfortable in those boots. He's going to hate me when he's older for these pictures.

Look at this one with his hand on his hips! Ohhh Baby.

Honestly though... I did get these great leather boots for only $20.... on sale from $80.00 I thought they were really cool... and apparently Bryant did too. Maybe I'll have to find him some leather boots for Christmas. Anyone know of a website for boots?

Happy Shopping!