Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving went off without a hitch, even sans Dae. Christian and I went over to Ev and Jeff's house and spent the night there in anticipation of early Black Friday madness.

Christian's Thanksgiving "feast" was a little on the healthier side - mashed broccoli

Stuart, Megan and Christian

Christian and Mal's legs, Part I and II

So Ev and I woke up at 4:45am and sped off to Jantzen Beach. Our goal this year was the Acer Netbook x 2 (one for our Christmas family donation and one for my assistant). Well, we were unsuccessful at our first attempt at Office Depot, so we decided to make a last minute change of plans and drove back to the Office Depot on MLK, our home turf. They ushered us in (about 20 or so people in line) and started handing out vouchers for the high-demand items. As luck would have it, Ev and I got the very last two vouchers for the Netbooks! And they only had 6 in the entire store, so we knew that it was meant to be! (plus they had Krispy Kremes and coffee - you really can't go wrong with those glazed!)


Friday evening, Christian and I took the Amtrak train home to visit dad and grandma. We relaxed all Saturday; Christian took the opportunity to read up on his Chinese news.


He also practiced squatting on all fours, what we hope is a precursor to crawling.


The biggest event to hit Richland in years was a visit by Sarah Palin. The whole town was abuzz over her book signing at a local store, and when my dad and I drove to the train station this morning at 5:00am the line was already beyond the building - in 38 degree weather no less! After I told Dae this, he texted back with "Richland people are not as smart as I thought" (very funny Dae!).


Lastly, we got Christian a slightly larger new jacket at Hanna Andersson with the thought that he will grow into it. It's still a little on the big side...