First of all, Mom and Angie, see I haven’t forgotten how to update my blog LOL.
Wow, what a day! Today was the day after Thanksgiving, the traditional shopping day!
Christian and I got up at 4:30 (yes, AM, LOL) and went with Crystal and Joy to join the rest of the crazy shoppers for the 5am opening of JC Penney. We each got our free Disney snowglobe and started on our shopping mission. I must say, opening an hour ahead of any other store in the mall was genious of Penney’s. We were stuck there for an hour before we could move on to any other store. It helped that they had great deals, but I completed most of my Christmas shopping (that I hadn’t already done online) within that hour. At 6, we moved on to Macy’s, where they brilliiantly gave us each (including the kids) $5 gift cards. Well, we HAD to find something to spend them on! $50 and an hour later, we finally left Macy’s and the mall behind.
As we were done with the mall, we moved on to IHOP for breakfast. Great timing, too, because when we left, there was a line of people waiting for tables. Christian and Joy entered a coloring contest. The winner will get a HUGE stocking, bigger than the kids. We went to Office Depot, and I’ll spare you the saga of my frustration with their advertising. Let’s just say that when I got home, I went to Staples.com and placed a large order. We also picked up diapers and stocking stuffers at Rite Aid.
We had a fairly quiet afternoon at home. Fast forward to 6pm. We dropped off Alyson (who is adorable, by the way, and is SO close to walking, and who loves to say ‘Done!’ and Mama, Dada, and ‘isin’) at Grandma’s house and headed down to Seattle to hear Reidar play live. This is the band that Bill spent all of August September and October recording and producing their CD. This is also the band that did a day’s worth of yard work for us 
They put on a really great show. The kids were EXHAUSTED by the time the show ended at nearly 11, but they did enjoy the music and seeinig a bunch of people we know.
Well, it’s nearly midnight now and though I had a latte at the concert, I’m tired too. The kids are to bed, the house is quiet, and it’s bed time
Oh, one more thing… if you want to know more about Reidar, click the link to Bill Abella Productions! The new CD is out and it’s wonderful!
