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The day after Thanksgiving (aka Black Friday) was a different day than we usually spend. Typically Jerimy and I wake up early (but never too early) to go black Friday shopping for Christmas presents and things we need that are cheap that day. This year we really didn't need Christmas presents and we weren't really feeling like we NEEDED anything specific. I know that we probably would have found all kinds of things had we choose to go shopping but well... it was more fun to sleep in a little and relax.

Once we were up the boys and I decided to head over to Lebanon Hills regional park to search for the gnome they had hidden somewhere in the park boundaries. The search started at 10am and I think we got there a little after that. There were scavenger hunts for gnome figurines and other activities but the boys were determined to find the BIG gnome.

We walked all over the area by the main building and we did see all the little figurines. We waited till noon when they posted the third and final clue. The boys and I tried to figure it out and drove to another area of the park (since the grounds are HUGE). We walked to where we thought it might be and as we got closer and saw a park map Lucius figured out the "mirrored numbers" in the clue were 6 & 9. We raced to the part of the trail that was between the 6 & 9 and we were 15 minutes too late. Someone had just managed to find it before us. Oh well. Lucius was a bit extra bummed we didn't find him but we survived. We had a LOT of fun and we hope they do this again next year.

Later that same afternoon Jerimy and I made homemade Lefse again. We love to make it but it is a lot of work and takes a long time. This year we borrowed the neighbors griddle and then decided we'd finally invest in one of our own. So it did start going a little faster because we could make two at a time.