Thanksgiving Weekend

Dan's brother, Carl, and his family came to visit us for Thanksgiving weekend! They came Wednesday night and stayed 'til Monday morning. Even though there were only four adults at dinner we didn't skimp, and had a full out Thanksgiving dinner. Dan even cooked his first turkey, it didn't turn out too bad either, and we're still enjoying turkey leftovers.

Friday morning we continued our three year long tradition of Black Friday shopping madness. We didn't get the same crazy sweet deals as last year, but it was way fun and we did find some cheap movies (I got Sleeping Beauty for 11 bucks) and cheap clothes. We are not sure if the tradition will have to be put on hold for the next few (or many) years, since we'll have a little one next Thanksgiving.

We spent some time at the UCR Botanic Gardens, which is one of our favorite places to go. We all, even Eric, had a lot of fun. Be prepared for a bunch of pictures with us and our cute nephew. First up is Dan teaching Eric the reproductive parts of a flower, don't worry he only made Eric blush twice.

This is one of my favorites. Uncle Dan and Eric looking down at the university and counting buildings.

We also went downtown and checked out all the festivities there, including the Festival of trees. It wasn't anything like the one at the Expo Center in Sandy, but it was still fun to see all the trees.

One night us ladies were itching for a trip to the craft store. We had a fun time keeping our nephew distracted and trying to stop him from grabbing expensive crafting supplies. Check out this little gem I caught on tape.