the the most busiest time of the year

Busiest??? Is that really a word? I'll have to check that one out. We have been busy at our house as I'm sure everyone else is. We had a fun Thanksgiving this year. We went to my parents house and everyone was there except Jenni, Josh, Abs and Parker. We missed you guys! As tradition, we all went around the table to say one thing we were thankful for. Shane went before me and said he was thankful for me and our family-so cute. Of course I was pretty choked up listening to everyone and feeling particularly grateful as we just got a letter from Connor's birth grandparents earlier in the month. In the letter she told us that Connor's birth mom had gotten married in the temple in August. That was such an answer to our prayers. We haven't had any contact since Connor was 6 months old so you can see how excited we where to hear such great news. Since we got that letter I have been overwhelmed by the sacrifice our sweet birth mom's made for our family. I look up to them with so much admiration for the faith they had to place Peyton and Connor with us. Now that I am a Mom I honestly don't know how they did it. They are amazingly strong and faithful women who we are so lucky to have in our lives. Anyway all these thoughts have been going through my head and I expressed my gratitude to them as the thing I was grateful for-of course I was crying. So then it came Connor's turn to say what he was thankful for-he said " I am thankful for wipes". The whole table started cracking up. It was so funny. Well my little buddy since you aren't potty trained, I'm thankful for wipes to. It's the simple things really.

The day after Thanksgiving I made a run to Target at 5:30 am. I ended up getting everything I was after, however poor Jeff didn't. Hollie and Jeff met me at Target and they were after the $199 LCD TV for their bedroom. Jeff is not the type to shove and push or make a fool of himself and run after merchandise. He's so nice and polite! By the time we made it back to electronics they were gone. I'm pretty sure the store only had like 20 of them since they were only on a small end cap. Poor Jeff. He said he was never waking up that early for a sale again. I felt really bad he didn't get one, and I even asked a guy hoarding 3 of them if he really was going to buy all 3. Yes- yes he was. Maybe Hollie will go with me again next year and Jeff can stay home with their new baby!! Happy Thanksgiving Jeff!