The Grove

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We took the kids to see Santa this past weekend. In the kids minds, the only real Santa is the one at The Grove. All the other mall santas are fake. Me, Amy, Osa & the kids all stood patiently for over an hour to see the Big Guy. Afterwords we hit Farmer's Market & ate all kinds of ish.....Barbecue, Grilled Chicken, Hamburgers, Chocolate pastry, Buttercream Cupcakes, Lattes, Doughnuts from the legendary Bobs, Ice cream from Bennetts......Oh man did we have fun!

The Grove

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The Grove

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Our new plates!

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I know that these vanity plates are incredibly emasculating but I had to get them . Our names fit perfect & the lil heart dividing them is too cool IMHO. For those of you not in the know, RAZ is the moniker I identified myself by for over a decade. (I also scrawled it on any available surface I could find) Best 40 bucks I spent in a long time.

Black Friday

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This pic was taken at Toys R Us on Black Friday at 4am! We were like the 100th person in line but we still managed to secure 90% of the items we went there to get.

Thanksgiving

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We had my sister over along with her husband & daughters. My dad was also there & incredibly he remained sober for nearly the entire time. I cooked the turkey & it came out BOMB! Amy, my mom & me all chipped in on the cooking & all the food was pretty damn good. We went to Amy's grandmothers later that evening for dessert & then went to bed early in anticipation of Black Friday.