I can not believe that I am up at 3:00 am to go Christmas shopping!! I must be insane! Of course my mom found a way to talk her way out of going (she did hand over her credit cards, hoping to appease her guilt of not going) so it is just going to be me and my stepsister Jenny. I have never even considered getting up early enough to stand in line and freeze with a bunch of women who are probably going to run me over to save a couple of dollars on a Seasame Street toy! Watching Jenny get ready for it last night was amazing. She had all of the newspaper ads spread out in front of her and sorted in order by the time that each store was opening. After sorting through them, she made a list of the things (in order) that she wanted to get. She did confess that she is one of the ones who go barrelling through the store in search of the "free" items. I am hoping to just stay close enough to Jenny in case some old lady attacks me over the last Harry Potter Trivia game so that she can bat them off. Wish me luck.........and wish me well. Hopefully I will survive!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Wishing you and your family much happiness during the holiday season!
God Bless,
from
Marshall, Lisa, Brittany, Danielle, and Anthony
P.S. Danielle has a special Thanksgiving wish here.

Sorry I haven't posted much this week. Things have been pretty busy here. I am not ready for Christmas and it is just around the corner. John L. is home from the hospital. Go here for more details.

The kids are having another four day weekend. We have all been so busy, we are really looking forward to just being together tomorrow. Marshall will be in big, big trouble if he even thinks of working in the shop tomorrow! He has been so busy getting everything set up for the Tour of Lights and making sure everything is running before we get hit with our busiest time of year.

I have had two letters from Gilly. I miss him so much, isn't that weird? When he was here he drove me crazy!! He should be home for Christmas, everyone is very excited. Jorge will be spending Christmas here in North Dakota with the girls and of course they are very excited to see him. The time has went by so fast, I feel as if he just brought them back from summer vacation!