Thanksgiving Weekend 2008

We enjoyed a really wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, full of fun, festivities & tradition - and got to spend it with some of our closest friends!

On Thursday, we woke up bright and early for a hearty breakfast, the Macy's Thanksgiving parade (a tradition since I was a little girl), and to look over the ads for Black Friday. We headed to the Lupcho's for Thanksgiving dinner at about 3ish, after spending the rest of the morning preparing the stuffed mushrooms and mashed potatoes that we were in charge of bringing. While Al and Chad watched the football game, Stacy and I... and Tylar finished up the last minute details for the dinner. The dinner and deserts were awesome, and we all had a great time visiting while we were there! After letting dinner settle for a little bit we headed over to see Kimberly & Mike, and Janell and John to enjoy more desert!! It was great to see so many of our very best friends on this Thanksgiving day!

On Friday (at MIDNIGHT), Stacy and I headed to the St. Augustine outlet mall to begin our Black Friday shopping!! We found some really fantastic deals, and after a 4am breakfast at Denny's headed back out for more shopping until about 7am!! I know it is crazy, but I LOVE IT!! And I am not the only one - I got a call from my sis-in-law Marisa at about 7ish my time, she, mom and Vycci were just starting their shopping!!

On Saturday, we headed out to get the martin family Christmas tree. Last year was the first year in a long time that we got a live tree, and fell in love with that fresh tree smell... so we did it again this year. While we didn't have to hike to a tree farm like last year for this one, Tylar ended up picking out the perfect tree at the Home Depot lot! We got it up and decorated Saturday night while sipping on hot coco and listening to Christmas music.

And on Sunday... I got to enjoy a tradition that I came to love very much living in Jacksonville - the annual Christmas Made in the South craft fair. Stacy and Addison Lupcho and Caitlynn and I went this year, and once again enjoyed seeing all the creative gifts and tasting all the yummy food that was a part of this year's event.

Now the weekend is almost over, and while I am sad that there are only a few short hours left in the day, I am so happy that the holiday season has started - it is MY MOST FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR!!

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