Give thanks for Thanksgiving

Things have been quite eventful... I spent Thanksgiving day with Hunter's family down in Orange County and that was lots of fun. I really love his family.  They are so nice and so loving towards one another and everyone else.  They are the kind of people who feel instantly like friends as soon as you start talking to them.  They make me feel like part of the family, even though I'm not.

After I came home Matt, my mother and myself went out to target at midnight and that was crazy.  Super crazy.  The line stretched all the way around to the back of the building.  I got some great deals on things, though. :) That was a plus to waiting in the craziest line I've ever seen outside of Disneyland.  The line for the checkout stretched all the way to the other end of the front of the building and wound back and forth through the aisles and even around a corner.  I seriously felt like I was in Disneyland, but instead of a ride at the end of my wait, I got to spend a lot of money...  :\  But I did find some great deals. Just saying.
Then I got home and finally went to sleep around 4, I still got about eight hours of sleep, which was awesome! Then my mom wanted to go out again, so we did.  We scored some more good deals.  I can now officially say that I have participated in Black Friday rituals... whoo.  It's kind of crazy...

Then Hunter and I went bowling. :) That was fun.  I didn't do all that well... :(

Then this morning, I went to the homeless shelter and helped in the refurbishment of the rooms and the establishment as a whole.  We painted and cleaned and fixed the place up in about five hours.  It was fantastic.  I really loved having the opportunity to do something like that, to serve in that way, to help people less fortunate to have a nicer place to stay.  It was a bit difficult at times when the children, who were also helping out, were dripping paint all over the floor and painting the already painted parts of the wall.  It was challenging trying to get them to be productive.

The Thanksgiving get together with the Circle was fun.  It was great getting to see mostly everyone and I hope we can all get together again around Christmas time. :)  I hope the Circle members who live up north will be able to come down to visit.




I'm looking forward to this coming weekend. It's going to be really fun.  Hunter and I are going down to Los Angeles and we're going to spend most of the day there.  I'm not quite sure what we're going to go do, but never-the-less I'm super excited. :)



--as always