Black Friday .....

We survived another one !!!!!

Going back in time .... beginning when I was maybe 10... and we spent every Thanksgiving

weekend at Grandma and Grandpas house in  Palm Desert

we enjoyed a crowded house, great food, lots of games,

and huge thanksgiving dinner and then

Friday morning we woke up to breakfast and then the

boys took off for a day of golf and the women for a day of shopping...

then back together for a repeat of thanksgiving dinner....

forward 2010...

Even though the palm desert house is long gone and some of our family is not with us any more ... the tradition continues...

friday morning the boys went golfing .. now including Ryan....

his foursome consisted of

Papa, Mark, Uncle Ronnie and Ryan...

and the girls went shopping..

What a great day...
We aren't the crazy shoppers, 9:30am is when we met up.

But Nicole and I, along with my mom, my gram
(how many 91 year olds do you know that walked

the mall on black friday), Aunt Joanie, Sheri, Hailey and Austin

spent a fabulous day of family time and good deals..

And then of course all of us back to Joanie's for a

REPEAT of thanksgiving dinner...

Tradition is a fabulous thing....