Happy Black Friday!

Now that the day is almost over I finally make it here!  We hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We THOROUGHLY enjoyed our time with Val and Gene and Sandra and her 3 kids at Val and Gene's.  Their kids all had other family times planned and so they were very generous to include us at their table!  They were also very generous and allowed us to have dinner AFTER I finished my shift at work.  All I had to contribute were two pies:

Coconut Cream and Pumpkin

Kent and I both firmly believe that the Coconut Cream pie is a definite keeper!  Very, very tasty indeed!  The pumpkin pie was made using a different recipe, too.  It was also very good!  I got the recipe 4 years ago from a co-worker and just this year took the time to try it!

After dinner we played a game that Gene and Val bought for the occasion.  It was called "Would you rather...?"  A very funny game indeed!  Kent decided he'd rather be posed and stay in that pose for two player turns and thus the funny stance.  Gene played referee and official rule keeper and eventual special Poppy when the granddaughters came for dessert!

Our happy host with a snuggly grand-daughter

Posed!

Crofton, Val, Sandra and Morgan as we were playing the game.  Sorry I didn't get any pictures of Winston, Tiana and Gene and Val's daughter, boyfriend and other little girl!  A wonderful evening of laughter, friendship and fellowship! 

We got home just in time for me to fall in bed so I could get up early this morning to caffeinate the masses.  And oddly enough, this year there were masses!  In the past, Black Friday has been fairly slow in the early morning, picking up after people have left the mall.  Not so today!  It was a bit crazy to be sure!  At least I was off early!  We then went for breakfast and an early afternoon birthday pie with Emily!  I didn't get one picture there!  What a bad auntie!  Today she turned "tree!"  Uncle Kent got her to stop saying "almost tree" and just sticking with the "tree"!  It's also Kent's mom's birthday, too!  Happy Birthday Emily and Diane!!

After the brief stop for Emily's birthday, we braved the crazy crowds at the mall, bought a few "winter" clothes for Tiana, ate a bit of lunch at Panera Bread and came home so I could take a nice long nap.  Boy did that ever feel good!!  For dinner we tried out a co-worker's parent's Chinese restaurant!  Pretty good stuff, but boy am I full again!  A quick stop for a cup of decaf at Starbucks, a few groceries and now we're home.  I thought about putting out the winter/holiday decorations, but no one else in the house seems too excited tonight, so it may just wait!  Have a great weekend!