Thanksgiving Weekend 2009

Thanksgiving Weekend was fun. We had some friends come in from Minnesota and Matt's brother came up from Provo and my sister and her roommate came up from Provo. So we got to do some fun things. We went out to eat a few times. We got to see a Planet 51 (kids movie) and 2012 (Adult show). We also had a few nights just hanging out at our house, talking, letting the kids play, and watching movies in the theatre room. Thanksgiving Day was great too. Kinda small this year. Just me and Matt and our kids, Toph and Britt and their little girl and Mandy and Regan and their 2 girls, oh and my sister came with her roommate Rochelle. We had a few other family members on Matt's side. We took family pics, then ate around noon, and we ended up staying at Nan's to watch half of the DALLAS game. Then we went home and Matt finished the game, ALONE, in his theater room.
That night, we made some more goodies, SMOKIES and a chip dip. And we watched another movie.
Friday, Me and Corey and Becs and Rochelle, went to the mall. We are not crazy shoppers, but just wanted to get in on a little of the action. Then Becs had to go home.
The rest of the weekend was just our little family. Corey had a dance recital where she performed SPLISH SPLASH at this craft fair called NOVEMBERFEST. She was so cute and did so good. She gets stage-fright. Hopefully she will outgrow that. And of course, my video camera was all charged and ready to go and when I went to film it was a black screen. SUCKS! Then 5 minutes later Matt got it to work. I just have the worst of luck with our video camera. Oh well, it is a memory in my "forgetting" brain!
Then Sunday, we decided to go down to Salt Lake and see the lights. I loved it and so did Cade and Casen. Corey and Matt are a little harder to impress. I feel like today kids are not impressed as easily as I was when I was young. I think she liked it, but she is my whiny one and always finds something to complain about. Casen loved it. He looked so cute all bundled up. It was pretty crowded, but we got there early enough that it was not too bad.
The kids went back to school Monday and Matt back to work and that was hard after a long weekend. I love Christmas and am so excited for the holiday season, the smells, the decorations, the parties, etc. The kids are back in school for a few weeks and then the BIG DAY is here and over with so fast. SO SAD when Christmas is over! I just love the spirit that Christmas brings.