Thanksgiving

Well, I don't really have any pictures to post right now.... but I can TELL you about our Thanksgiving...

We went to my parents' house in Logandale and it was nice :) The weather was pretty great - 60's-70's. It was QUIET this year. Usually, Thanksgiving is the one holiday that most of us siblings gather for - probably 8 of the 11 can make it each year. For reasons unknown to me, many of my siblings couldn't make it this year. There were only 4 of us kids and our collective 7 children. Compared with years past and the 35 -plus people in my mom's small - ish family room...... including the 15-20 screaming, running, crying kids..... This was a nice reprieve :) My dad fried turkeys and my sister-in-law and I helped cook. We had plenty to eat and we all actually fit at just one table!!! (except for the "kiddie table")

My dad was looking at all of us and mentioned that the amount of people at the table that night was the same number we had growing up (at different points in time). Life moved WAY too fast! It was just a nice way to spend the evening though. I still missed having everyone around and laughing to tears at old stories/home movies and Brian making inadvertent, inappropriate comments :)

Anyway, I NEVER have, nor have ever wanted to, participate in "Black Friday". Of course, Shane saw a deal that he just couldn't pass up --- a shop-vac. *sigh* They were the door buster thing at Home Depot and both Shane and his dad could use them for work! So..... woke up at 3:30 and headed in to Vegas. Chloe was just as chipper and happy as could be! The people around us in line (we were third ;)) commented on her happy demeanor and she just smiled and waved right back at them. *we will never shop Black Friday again*

So anyway, we got our two shop vacs and went to put them in the car -- BARELY FIT! So of course none of our luggage would have fit with it, plus the two dogs' houses. Thank goodness for extended families that visit Vegas for Thanksgiving! My S-I-L, Layne's parents happened to drive their truck down for their Thanksgiving and they were gracious enough to lug those things back up to Orem for us!!!Later that day we strolled around and got me some new eye shadow from Sephora -- I'm an eyeshadow snob; even though it doesn't show :(

Anyway, we had fun and decided that we would try to be down there longer for the fair so we could do some exploring in the desert (since my Dad's 4-wheeler is fixed now!!!!).

Chloe LOVED my mom and dad. She hasn't really been around them much so I was relieved. They both taught her new phrases --- "Go Cougars!" (courtesy of my mom after that nail-biting narrow win against the U) and my dad --- "Giblets" --- you know, the innards of a turkey??? She's so cute when she says it though :)

We all had fun and look forward to visiting again in April for the CLARK COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO!

ENOUGH about us though. Sorry --- again, this is my journal and you just get the pleasure of seeing it!