Thanksgiving

It's been a whirlwind of a week.
Last Friday, I came home from work and worked to get as much done at "the cave" as I could. Saturday came bright and early. After more work at the place, my dad and I went to test drive a new vehicle. I'd been shopping for a vehicle of my own for a while and finally found one to test out. It turned out that I really liked it so I started the purchase process and then put it on hold until Monday when my credit union would be open. 
Sunday was good and a much-needed day of rest. I love Sundays!
Monday we had an end-of-trimester party. Rolando and our new student Junior had a blast. Amy joined us for a few rounds of Uno and we had a grand old time. After my mom got off work we headed back to Smithfield to the credit union. We finally got everything we needed and headed back to pick up my new wheels. 
It turns out that I got my new vehicle just in time for the great blizzard of 2010. It drove great to North Cache on Tuesday and I've been enjoying it ever since. 
Wednesday was a Thanksgiving prep day, need I say more?
Heath, Sheila and the kids came down Wednesday as well. Dylan came back to the cave with me and we grabbed some sleep in preparation for an early Thanksgiving morning.
On Thanksgiving morning we went shopping for Dylan's birthday present. He was dying for a new Wii game so of course we just had to get it ASAP! We also got some Christmas stuff so it was pretty productive. 
We had a traditional Thanksgiving at home with delicious food. My mom does such a good job and it always tastes so yummy! After dinner and pie we went out shopping again so Hailey could pick out her birthday present. I've never done so much shopping on Thanksgiving before!
This morning came bright and early as Mom and I hit some traditional and other not-so traditional stores for our Black Friday shopping. We found some good deals and luckily came away with most of what we wanted. After shopping, we did lunch with Dad and then came home to relax. 
Tomorrow we'll hit the Novemberfest as per Thanksgiving weekend tradition, then on Sunday we'll head to Soda to be there for Dylan's ordination as a deacon. 
Is it Christmas break yet?


P.S. I got a 2000 Dodge Durango. Its official color name is Forest Green Pearl. It took a lot of self-convincing to even go with something other than a Chevy but I could afford it and still save for graduate school. It turns out I actually like the new buggy. My dream Chevy vehicle (there are multiple options) will just have to wait...