We are so grateful that our younger son's family hosts Thanksgiving every year and that we are all invited. In addition, it's a potluck meaning no one person has to do it all and we get to experience culinary delights from a variety of chefs.

Besides our core Haerr four, there was a total of 14 thankful attendees. What fun.



Black Friday found us surrounded in GREEN. Tradition dictates that the Christmas season officially begins on the drive home from Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas tree picking happens the following morning.


And what's a Black Friday without some shopping? We are too frugal to the 'deals' being offered at the traditional stores. We headed to the Goodwill Outlet, lovingly referred to as THE BINS. It is a treasure hunt of awesomeness and we all were successful in the search.