Plan B Thanksgiving

I've said it before, my life never goes according to plan.  As hard as I try, and as much as I hope, I usually have to resort to plan B!!

Thanksgiving was the same this year!

We were supposed to be in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving.  Blaise has a soccer tournament down there, and we were going to all go, and eat at one of the fancy buffets and spend time with our "soccer family."

BUT,..........

Money is tight right now.  Jason has work,  but not good paying jobs.  Christmas is coming up, and it was really stressing us out trying to figure out how to stretch our money.  We talked with some of the other parents on the team and they were feeling the same way as us.  So a few days before the trip, some of the Dads decided to make it a boys trip, and save some money.  They all carpooled down, and shared a hotel, and it saved everyone a few precious pennies!

So the littles and I decided to stay and hang out here, and Blaise and Jason were going to go with us to my Sister's house for our Thanksgiving feast, then leave to head out to Vegas that night.

BUT,.......

My sister called the morning of Thanksgiving and said she was going to have to cancel because everyone in her house was sick.

So I called my parents, who were supposed to meet at m  y sister's also, and invited them to my house, and sent Jason down to find a Turkey and all the fixins.  I thought we could pull off a last minute Turkey feast, and we almost did.

BUT,..........

The turkey took WAY longer to cook than it was supposed to.  By like 3 hours.  My oven doesn't work well!  So we ate all the fixins and Jason whipped up some bacon wrapped steaks, and we called it good.  I dropped Blaise and Jason off at their meeting location to head to Vegas, and the littles and I had an entire Turkey to feast on for the rest of the weekend as we decorated for Christmas.

With all the last minute craziness I didn't get many pictures. This is actually the only one I got.  Ava and Bapa waiting for food.  Avery and I made her whole ensemble.  Super cute if I do say so myself!

 Blaise and Jason had a great time on the soccer trip.  Blaise played well and the team won some and lost some, but that is how it goes every time we play in Vegas.  I took Ava and Caiden to see a movie, and we had fun getting in the Christmas spirit and eating turkey leftovers!