Thanksgiving

Ryan obviously had Thanksgiving and the day after off of work, but he had enough vacation days saved up that he decided to take the whole week off!  Friday night the week before, I realized that we had over a week together and we excitedly got to planning it all out so we didn't miss anything.  We made a list of things we wanted to do- both chores and fun things.  It was a super productive and fun week, but I must admit that the thing that made it so wonderful were the mornings.  Knowing that I have issues with napping and he doesn't, Ryan got up early every morning with Lucy and then just napped later!  Yes, I got to sleep in for an entire week and it changed my life in a major way.  Then, he cleaned out our whole basement all by himself, which has been collecting boxes and boxes and boxes since we moved here.  Now the whole thing is wide open and Lucy can bike and walk around to her heat's content during the freezing cold or rainy days.

On the actual day of Thanksgiving, we went to the Madsen's for dinner (well, 1:30pm, so kind of lunch/dinner).  We stuffed ourselves silly, watched some football, played around outside, relaxed, and then ate a lot of pie.  Even Lucy ate a ton of food- she didn't want to stop! And even though she missed her afternoon nap, she did great.  It was fun!  Since it was kind of a last-minute thing to go there, we had already bought all of our food and so we cooked yet another big turkey feast the very next day!

Other fun things we did that week were black Friday shopping (seriously worth it if you need things or have something in mind!), watching Elf and other Christmas movies, setting up our Christmas tree, hanging our lights (I think?), taking Lucy to the park, skyping with family, making treats, etc.  What a great week!  I wish Ryan could have every week off.... but I guess someone's gotta bring home the bacon.