Thanksgiving Weekend!

We had such an incredible Thanksgiving weekend!! Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful, and we were so happy to have family with us :) I have never hosted such an extravagant meal, but everything turned out exactly as I hoped! Except for my pumpkin pie crust, which burned, but the filling still tasted yummy.

Billy surprised everyone by getting really into Black Friday shopping... and I mean really into it. We went out Thursday to hit up target after dinner and came home with bags of electronic goodies that we got great deals on. Friday we went out again, only this time to the nearby outlets where J. Crew had 50% off everything... it shouldn't be hard to figure out which one of us wanted to go there :) And then Friday evening, after spending the afternoon playing with the new PS3, we went out and got billy some much needed tools. I feel like we should be set for all of next year!

Saturday we went to Chicago and waited 2 hours (one in line, one at the table) for this: 

It was totally worth the wait. 

After lunch we went to the Museum of Contemporary Art. I love looking at art, but I have to admit, I feel like a lot of modern stuff is so over my head! This definitely had some interesting stuff in it, and it was fun to be there with Billy. Who decided to wear these:

Yes, these are actually gloves specially designed for art thieves. Ok not really, he actually wears them for work, but that's what they look like! And he kept them on the entire time we were inside!

This was one of the things I couldn't figure out (just ignore the man about to lean on the artwork). Is it significant because cardboard boxes usually go under the tree?? If anyone has any insight, fill me in!!

This was a description from my favorite exhibit, a musician that used VERY unconventional methods of creating music. 

After the museum we did some shopping downtown and then went to a restaurant that had live jazz music. 

We went back to Chicago on Monday after spending the entire day on Sunday hanging out inside, in our pjs, watching movies, eating leftovers and playing Settlers of Catan :)

We went to the Museum of Science and Industry and could've spent all day there if we had had the time. 

They had an awesome WWII exhibit. This was the U-Boat they had on display

This was in the Space exhibit, Billy as an astronaut.

My favorite room was the one dedicated to storms. 

These are of Billy in the 80 mph wind simulator:

I think he might have been dramatizing it a bit...

After the museum we went to the navy pier where Billy, Liz and Porshe all went on the HUGE ferris wheel (I was too chicken and cold). But they had a great view from the top!

It was so sad to see our lovely guests go, and Billy headed back to work today, but we only have a few more weeks until Christmas and more vacation time!!!