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Small Town's Lively

Thanksgiving we kept it lively.

Intense dart matches (Cricket folks, it's all about Cricket!)
And if you know a thing or two bout it look at those darts!




Also, I made this amazing gluten-free pie
Recipe .:Here:.

(If you want to know ... the floor was the only one who 
got a taste of it... I dropped it shortly thereafter this pic.)


I made the pie for my ward to help out, because we were headed 
to Chuck-a-rama with some great friends. You have got to do that
one year. No mess, cheap, and a blast. And a frozen yogurt machine.

Sadly we still had to work (welcome to real life!) But we had
our usual strolls to the Valley Wide to get some pops.




Black Friday presented itself with some great deals online...
we went to see what Walmart was like at 8pm because
Austin and I had never "Black Friday-ed."

Never. Again.

However.... midnight at Target, Santa came 
early to Brennyn! Great deal on some boots I wanted for 
Christmas :) And after a quick Walmart visit, we had everything
for our Christmas festivities!



Since most of our shopping was done online, we check the 
mail every day to fill the space underneath our Christmas tree!
Technically one of Austin's gifts was the first to come, 
and the first little present under the tree :) 

Mail time has never been so fun!



Comments

  1. MarianneNovember 26, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    Do my eyes behold a sock monkey stocking?! That is so cute!

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  2. Brennyn Torres CarmenNovember 26, 2012 at 3:47 PM

    They do! I am in love with sock monkeys :D Have you ever made one? They are way fun and I could teach you!

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  3. MelodyNovember 26, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    LOVE the boots. Sara, Lauren and I had a conversation on Thanksgiving wondering why we don't all wear boots ALL the TIME in the winter!? Seriously. They're the best. Also, I did Black Friday once or twice when my kids were wee ones. That was enough. Insanity. For nothing.

    Sounds like you had a great day though. Fun times in Idaho. Yeah. And online-shopping-packages-in-the-mail is awesome. Happy Holidays, Brauston Nation.

    P.S. Sorry about the pie.

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    1. Brennyn Torres CarmenNovember 26, 2012 at 7:46 PM

      Thanks Melody! Haha! Yeah I'm deciding packages are almost tooo much fun to receive in the mail :D Makes me think I should send some more traditional letters to people... Yeah walmart was just DVDs! And off-brand plasmas! I didn't get it!

      Thanks! Kohls actually had great deals... $100 boots for $29! I got mine at Target though. I'm learning the value of cowgirl boots and boots and... more boots! Why don't we!

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