Happy Thanksgiving

Today we had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving. This year we did something different for Thanksgiving. Instead of having Thanksgiving dinner at our house or going to family's house for dinner, we headed to Frankenmuth. It was kind of nice not to have to cook and clean up. The first thing you probably think of when you think of Frankenmuth is chicken dinner at Zehnder's and the huge Christmas store, Bronner's. Zehnder's had a Thanksgiving buffet with all their regular chicken dinner items, as well as turkey, prime rib, shrimp, and much more. We headed to Frankenmuth with Greg's mom and his Aunt Rose and Uncle Don to have our Thanksgiving dinner at Zehnder's. We decided to leave early so we wouldn't have to wait too long because we couldn't get reservations. By the time we got there shortly after noon, there was already a wait. It wasn't too long though only about 45 minutes. Soon after we sat down the Zehnder's Chicken came by our table. I got Evan's picture with him, but Em wanted absolutely nothing to do with the chicken. She kept saying, "no chicken!" Here's Evan and the chicken.


We enjoyed some great food and as always on Thanksgiving, ate way too much! One of the items on the buffet was simply called "squash with brown sugar." It was the best squash I've ever had, and I really must learn how to make it. It was much like sweet potatoes you make on Thanksgiving, super good. The kids even liked it! The only problem though when going out for Thanksgiving dinner is no left overs for the next couple of days. By the time we left the restaurant there was a huge crowd and the wait had to be at least two if not three hours. We were so glad we went early. We walked around Frankenmuth for a little bit and went into some of the shops before we headed back home. The kids had fun in one of the toy stores. Unfortunately we didn't get to go to Bronner's because they were closed. Bronner's is open 361 days of the year, and for some reason we all thought they were open on Thanksgiving. I really wanted to take the kids in there to see all the Christmas decorations. We'll have to go another time so they can see it. I remember going there often when I was a little kid with my mom, sister, grandma and grandpa. It had been a couple of years since we've been to Frankenmuth. Hopefully we'll get back that way sooner next time. Thanks to Greg's mom for buying us turkey dinner and to Greg's Uncle Don for driving us all to Frankenmuth.

After we got back home I needed to check out the Black Friday ads to see what store's I was going to head to. Greg came up with the idea to have the kids stay at his mom's, and he'd go shopping with me. Whoa! That was a shocker to me because folks.... Greg never goes shopping on Black Friday, EVER! Stay tuned.... tomorrow there's sure to be lots to blog about our Black Friday shopping!