Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving was uneventful this year, all around a nice day. Darren's parents were in town. They came on Wednesday and left Sunday afternoon. It was nice to have them for more than just a couple of days.

We spent Thanksgiving day at my mom and dad's house - we ate too much and spent the day relaxing and talking. My bestest friend Holly was able to join us and I was quite grateful. It was fun to just be able to sit and chat. Her husband, Jeff was at work and her son, Caleb went to Colorado with his grandparents.

That evening we went downtown for the official "lighting" of the park's holiday lights. There are over one million lights in the park and it is gorgeous every year. Ayla loved seeing them come on and even cried when we put her in the car to go home, she wanted to stay and look at the lights.

We shopped a little bit on Friday and Saturday. Friday, Darren took his dad to the Husker game. Believe it or not, I DID willingly give up my ticket. It was a great game too(a CLOSE game John)....GO BIG RED!!! While I would have loved to have gone, it was nice that Darren and John were able to spend that time together. It doesn't happen near enough for them. Darren's dad even went out and bought a couple of husker stocking caps for himself and Darren. My father-in-law in a Husker hat definitely made me smile!

Ayla really enjoyed having John and Carol here. In the past, she's been a bit leary and had to warm up to them as she doesn't see them very often. She saw them about a month ago at her birthday party so it was still fresh. She calls John silly and has fun with them both. They left 3 days ago and she is still asking about them.

I hope you all had a great holiday!