Thanksgiving Fun

So Tim and I drove down to St. Louis, MO to spend Thanksgiving with the Thompson's.  We had a great time meeting new relatives, eating, and playing games.

Wednesday, was the turkey frying day.  Cousin Andy went all out with this event: frying turkeys, chickens and fries.  We also watched a couple of holiday movies, as is tradition.

I was glad to finally meet Jill :)

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Later that night, we skyped with my family since it was Masha's birthday.  We joked, laughed, sang happy birthday and had a great time :) YAY for Skype.

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The next day we went to Beth's parent's house for Thanksgiving and family pictures. We were absolutely stuffed, and that was only the beginning because we then went to Andy's family for a second meal.  After we were done eating, we went back to the Thompson's and played Rock Band with Hannah and Sammy, needless to say that my fingers were sore, but it was fun.

The night was not over yet, this year we decided to try midnight shopping for Black Friday.  Oh my, the mall was full of people, and the lines were ridiculous.  Unfortunately, Tim didn't buy anything since some stores were still closed, but I found some cute, cheap things.  After three hours of shopping, we called it a night and went to bed.  I don't know if I'll be doing that again next year.

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The next day (Friday) was packed with activities, I later found out that this was a typical vacation day for the Thompson's.  First, Tim and I went to Starbucks for some studying; it's impossible to get away from this even on vacation.  Then, we went to watch Sammy's soccer game, her team won 7 to 1.

This was followed by more games with Hannah & Sammy: Mario brothers, Just Dance, and Dance Revolution; I was sweating so much with these dancing games.  

After so much dancing, we were starving, so we drove to St. Charles for dinner.  This was a really cute place with tons of restaurants and little shops.  We ate at Llywelyn's Pub, a restaurant that used to be a bank.  On the second picture you can see us eating inside the bank vault :) Oh, I can't forget to mention that Beth made me try a fried pickle, which turned out to be pretty good.
Of course the night was not over yet.  After eating a huge meal, we went to play laser tag; that was so much fun and quite the workout, I can't wait to do it again :) Afterwards we went to get ice cream, and ended the night with a trip to the movies, we watched Puss In Boots.

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This morning, we ended our trip with a visit to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, yummy.  They're so bad, but so good.  Now we're back in study land, and it's time to get back to work.