A day early?

 This year we decided to do things a little differently. Normally, we have a huge Thanksgiving lunch on Thanksgiving Day. We enjoy family and friends. We have pie and go for a walk. And then we get our tree after our Thanksgiving meal. 

Well, the tree lot that we normally go to seems to get more expensive each year. We decided that this year we just didn't want to put that much money into a tree that we would let our goats eat 4 weeks later. 

So, we decided that we would buy a cheaper tree the day before Thanksgiving. We wouldn't decorate it that day, but we would least have our tree ready to go for Thanksgiving night. 

Honestly, not everyone was on board with this idea. But as we went to look for our tree and then got a McDonald's lunch and had hot cocoa together, we just had a wonderful day! It was nice the day before a busy Thanksgiving to have some time together. I think we found a new tradition!

It didn't go as easily as we thought picking out a tree would be. But that's how it is every year, of course! We went to five different places that sold trees and finally settled on one at Lowe's. 

What a great day we had together!
 

Getting the biggest turkey

 We had fun trying to find the biggest turkey this year! We dug through the freezer section and lifted them all and giggled and laughed and stood in the way of everybody, probably. 

In the end our biggest turkey we could find was almost 16 lb. Not quite big enough for this family of ours. 🙂 We bought it anyway and then Brenna ended up finding another one for 20 lb at Publix so she traded with us. So thankful for this family of mine!