Turkey Day

Ahhh...turkey day! It is one of my most favorite holidays for many reasons. The Carpenter family always gets together on Turkey Day. We are large, loud, and loving family. We get together a have GREAT food...my family can cook like no other family. Then we all sit around talk, scream laughing, and talk about how fat we are after all the food we ate. Then usually by that time we start grazing again...I love it! All the kids are running around and we compare who looks like who. The are so many us that it's funny to see that our kids look like other members of the family. The big kids take care of the little kids and us Mom's sit around with the Carpenter Family Gift of Gab. We all love each other and love each others kids. No matter what is going on in our lives...we know we are family and are there for each other. Then after the food starts to settle and the men are getting sleepy...them we get down to business...the sale ads. That's serious stuff...the kids have strict instructions unless they are bleeding profusely (no scrapes or small amount of blood) or there is a blazing fire...DO NOT interrupt the shopping plans. Every year, I'm the crazy fool that is lined up at 4am running through stores like a mad woman. One year, I took my Dad, that is whole other story. Still to this day, he wets his pants in a large crowd. HAHA! Just Kidding! To much of my disappointment...I did not shop this year. Baylee has out grown the toys. Michael and I are planning to build a house...so no major purchases for us yet. So, it saddens me to say that an era has come to an end...no more mad, wild eyed, crazy shopping for me. Black Friday was not the same without me...