Black Friday

After hosting Thanksgiving dinner and getting a much needed power nap I headed to Topeka to meet up with my BFFs for our annual Black Friday fun. I was thankful that I picked up Robin at the Admire turnpike area or I may have never figured out how to get to Kelli's house in the dark. Thanks Robin!! Soon after all of us arrived at Kelli's it was time for our gift exchange.


I got the girls GNO fund banks but they seemed a bit disappointed that there wasn't any money in their banks. :)


We received lottery tickets and I even won $3 and Kris won $10!!

Then the big suprise was revealed....



Kelli's husband surprised the four of us with Bon Jovi tickets at the Sprint Center in March. He even reserved a limo if we choose to ride back to Topeka that night. But, we may just stay at the Power & Lights district. What an awesome surprise and gift! We cannot wait until March and the concert just happens to be the Monday after our annual St. Patty's Day celebration in Aggieville!


After all that excitement we decided to go see the Twilight movie - New Moon. It was as lame as the first one but the movies are never as good as the books.

We arrived back to Kelli's house after midnight and three of us snuggled into a queen size bed and attempted to catch some ZZZZzzzzs before our early wake up at 3:45am. (Note to self: Robin and Kris snore!!)

We made it to Wal-Mart by 4:40am and waited patiently for the good sales to begin. I about got mobbed at the digital frames, but thankfully Kris was there to save me. After we picked up the good deals we headed to K-mart, Target, (where we had breakfast at the snack shack), Kohls and then the mall. Finally it was time for our annual lunch and margaritas at OTB.

Kelli had just discovered that Kris and I ate the middle of the cinnamon rolls!! Hee hee..we were laughing like a bunch of grade school kids.


Another annual tradition: eating cinnamon rolls (that Kelli's MIL made us) at the Target snack shack.




Enjoying lunch and Margaritas at OTB!

We finished our shopping with a stop at Michaels and then we said our goodbyes and headed on down the road. I arrived home around 5:00pm that evening and was asleep shortly after 6:00pm.


Thanks for another fabulous time ladies! You never disappoint!

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Can't wait to spend another Black Friday with these fabulous friends!! The plan is to meet at Kelli's house on Thursday evening for a slumber party and be out shopping before 5:00am on Friday morning.

Target Practice

With pheasant and quail season upon us Madelyn has been asking to go hunting with her daddy. Since the fellows usually walk long distances in tall grass Madelyn has been discouraged to tag along. However, Ryan offered to take her out to the lease property with her (used to be mine) BB gun in hand to shoot at whatever she chooses. This afternoon Madelyn had target practice and then she and her daddy were off to the lease to "hunt." Ryan wasn't planning to take his gun but Madelyn insisted so he took his unloaded shot gun. The moving targets should be safe but anything sitting still better watch out because this 6 year old is a pretty good shot.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful that one week from today I will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner for my parents and Ryan's parents. I'm so thankful that Ryan and I have amazing parents that we are lucky enough to spend the holiday with.

Wordless Wednesday (idea stolen from a fellow blogger)

Almost Homemade Apple Pie

The past several years Ryan has given up pop, sweets and fried food during wrestling. Wrestling season begins tomorrow and I decided he should savor his last day of sweets and made him his favorite, an apple pie. There has been only one other time that I have made him an apple pie, but my mom makes sure Ryan has an apple pie at least a couple times a year.

Ingredients
7 - Gala Apples
1 1/2 C sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbls flour or cornstarch
1 Tbls fruit frsh

Peel and slice apples.


Mix the above ingredients together (sampling as you go).



Pour the ingredients into the bottom pie crust. This is where I cheat, and honestly this pie crust tastes just as good as homemade and is much quicker.


Place 3 Tbls of margarine on the apple mixture.

Add the top pie crust and mark it with an M (or B, or whatever initial you choose).


Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Then remove the foil and bake for another 1/2 hour. Then brush the crust with milk and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.



Enjoy!!

Cleaning lady

This morning when Madelyn was too quiet I went to find out what she was doing and this is what I found:


Sweet child of mine was cleaning out my closet, organizing my shoes.

And this....


Hasn't happened in years... a made bed.

Her daddy has trained her well.