Thanksgiving 2009

Thursday morning we went up to Hillsville for Thanksgiving. Highlights of the weekend trip included:

1) hearing Isaiah tell the same 2 jokes to everyone in the house, multiple times
"Why do chicken's sit on their eggs?" "Because they don't have chairs"
"What's black and white and red all over?" "A newspaper"
2) Many games of pool and cutthroat, including a game I lost to Rachel where I hit in four of her balls, and a game I won against Sarah where she hit in four of mine!
3) Leaving at 3am with Rachel to go out to Walmart in Christiansburg for Black Friday sales. We got there a little before 5am and I had her run in to get in line while I found a parking space, which turned out to be way over at the Texas Roadhouse. I got in and found out that people had been there camped out overnight, and they gave out stickers for the different items, and the last sticker had been given out at 3 am. Rachel was nowhere to be found, and so I set off shopping for other items. The crowd was insane, it was a logjam in certain parts of the store, and at no part could you walk normally. Stuff was spread out oddly, like DVD's for $2 and $5 in bins in the middle of the underwear section. After waiting in line about 40 minutes to pay I went outside to put the stuff in the car and finally saw Rachel again. We then journeyed a mile down to Best Buy and got software and other gifts before heading back to Hillsville. Good talks with Rachel there and back about her job, home church, and other random stuff.
4) Getting back and crashing till noon, then having the great surprise of Shannon searching online to find great laptop deals. She found an hp with a $100 rebate and all the features I was looking for, then found a code to get more money off of it through a friends and family promo.
5) Watching random stuff online, including the "I'm on a boat" video (which Abby sang and danced too because she has watched it WAY too much), and lots of Literal music videos (funniest being Total Eclipse of the Heart and Creed's Arms Wide Open)
6) Everyone going out Friday night to push the BMW back to the house.
7) Awesome pies! Sarah made pecan pie, and it was the best anyone had ever tasted, and I made an Oreo peanut butter fudge pie that was quite delicious as well, and was my first pie.
8) Isaiah sleeping in a sleeping bag for the first time.
9) Lily telling everyone "baby" and smiling and waving at everyone. She is adorable.
10) Coming home Saturday, then spending the afternoon watching VT mop the floor with UVA 42-13! I left with a few minutes left in the game to go sell the CRV! YES!