Thanksgiving weekend

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and I hope that everyone else had the same! Thursday morning we left at 9:00 to head about two and a half hours south to Ryan's aunt and uncle's house. The whole family was meeting there for Thanksgiving this year. We got there well before lunch was ready so we spent time outside with all of the kids playing football, soccer, volleyball, and baseball. When lunch was ready we all sat down to a wonderful lunch and then it was time to head back outside to enjoy the nice cool weather we were having. About 5:00pm Ryan, Libby, and I left in our car and Ryan's parents left in their car and we followed them about another hour south to their condo on the beach. Thursday night was spent taking it easy because Friday was going to be a busy day!

On Friday morning Ryan's mom and I both woke up at 3:00am and were out the door by 3:30am on our way shopping! I missed my usual Black Friday shopping partner but still had fun shopping with Carole. Plus that made her Christmas shopping for Ryan and Libby extra easy since I was there to let her know the better things to get for the two of them. It was quite nice to have cold weather Friday morning...it was in the 40's! We weren't gone shopping all that long...we were home right at 8:00am and satisfied with our purchases. We had breakfast with Ryan, his dad, and Libby and then the five us went for a walk on the beach and Libby collected sea shells. We went back inside and Ryan mentioned something about going shopping (which is HIGHLY unusual for Ryan) and his dad had already mentioned going shopping earlier so we all hopped up and got into the car and headed back out shopping. After a couple of hours we were done and ready for lunch so we stopped by a Mexican restaurant for lunch and then headed back home. After dinner I had Libby take her shower and then I went into the room she was sleeping in to watch a movie with her before she went to sleep. Because I had only a few hours of sleep the night before and I had been up since 3:00am I ended up falling asleep right around 8:30 watching the movie with her. :-) Ryan came and woke me up and put me to bed a little while later.

Saturday morning we got up and got ready and got everything packed and then had breakfast with his parents before heading home at 9:00am. We had tickets to the Gator game against FSU for Saturday. We drove home and were very happy we left early because we ran into several traffic jams. Once we got home we had lunch and then headed back out to take Libby to Karen's house (Libby has no interest in football) and then Ryan and I went to his friend's house and Brett drove us to the game so that we wouldn't have to worry about parking. We got inside the stadium and got to our seats and they were PERFECT especially considering that it was Senior Day honoring all of our seniors on the team. The team ran out onto the field and then individually each senior was announced and they ran out to their family members who were waiting down on the field. It was nice watching each senior run out and soak up their last time ever running out onto Florida Field since that was our last home game...next week we have the SEC Championship game and then WHEN we win that we'll be on our way to Pasenda, CA for the National Championship game! :-) Anyway, Brandon Spikes was announced (he's one of my favorites) and he ran out and stopped and knelt down and kissed the field and I started crying. (I'm just a sentimental sap!) :-) Then it was Timmy's turn...they called out the name Tim Tebow and the stadium absolutely erupted. I watched him take his last trot out onto the field and I was still crying. :-) It was a great game to be at! The only bad thing was that we had FSU fans near us and I get a little heated when it comes to the Gators and I started to get into an argument with an FSU idiot and Ryan turned me around and told me to stop it. :-) In the 4th quarter when everyone knew that Tebow was about to be pulled for some rest I could not believe the amount of flashbulbs going off. Everyone was taking a picture of every snap so that they could have a picture of Timmy's last home snap. The stadium was lit up with flashbulbs. Even the FSU fans were impressed by that. After the game Ryan's friend came back and picked us up and I went and got Libby and then we headed home.

Today was a day just spent around the house relaxing since we were so busy all weekend and now it's time to get ready for the next work week to start! Even a long weekend flies by too fast! :-)