Stuffed

Is anyone else still full from their Thanksgiving feast? If not, then you didn't eat as much as I did. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast and continued to graze all throughout the day weekend.

We started off our Thanksgiving day with the parade! It was just two blocks from our apartment, so we walked over and watched for a bit. To be honest, I wasn't thrilled about getting out in the cold, but it was SO worth it, I really enjoyed it!

My first Thanksgiving meal to cook was a success! We started off with a little hitch.... I put EVERYTHING in the oven all at once and nothing was cooking, so I had to take things out and cook just two at a time, forcing us to eat a later lunch, but everything turned out just fine!

The rest of the day, we were lazy and did nothing but watch football, play games, relax and snack on leftovers - it was wonderful! With it being our first Thanksgiving away from home, we were very thankful that Denise and Delbert came to share the day/weekend with us.

After a day of relaxation on Thursday, we were up and ready to go Friday morning. We even braved the Black Friday crowds on Michigan Avenue, which was certainly crowded, but not near as bad as I had expected. We did a little shopping, mostly just sight-seeing, but the weather was great for a day of walking.

That night, we walked to the Christkindlmarket, which is a big, German holiday market surrounding the city's Christmas tree....

Of course it was filled with all sorts of German goods and food, so we had to get a bratwurst, some German potatoes and a kilometer (some sort of sausage), yum....

We weren't as fortunate with the weather on Saturday, but it didn't slow us down. We did some driving around then stopped at the Field Museum which was quite impressive!

After several hours of walking around, our feet hurt, we were tired and hungry, so we came home and snacked on more leftovers before going to Big Star for some tacos and margaritas. Now, this place is mostly tacos/Mexican food, but there was a hot dog on the menu that sounded too good to pass up. It was wrapped in bacon, topped with pinto beans, lime mayo, hot sauce, mustard and onions....

Now that's a hot dog! Hard to eat, but delicious!

We had such a great weekend with these two; so thankful they came to spend Thanksgiving AND our last weekend in Chicago with us! Love y'all!

How many Kohlers can you fit on a couch? :)