The holiday rotation had us in Utah for Thanksgiving this year. The night before we were leaving SLC it dawned on me that I had not taken any pictures. Oops. None-the-less it was a good trip. The week in UT was spent hanging out with family and of course the traditional friends party.
The friends party had a little change up this year in that we decided to focus more on the food and less on the drinking, which meant no punch. Don't get me wrong, there was still plenty of drinking, but since there was also plenty of food, it meant feeling much better the next day! We also incorporated games into the event. In the end this was a great idea, even though we had to take a few mandatory breaks cause the game was causing us to not be friends! It was great to see many of our friends that we tend to only see once a year.
Thanksgiving day was a feast. We had to bring up an extra table to fit everyone, and it was nice to all be together. I think my mom said it best when she said the thing we are all most thankful for is that Sissy is with us. After a pretty serious car wreck just a couple weeks earlier, things could have been very different this holiday season. We are so happy that she is getting better day by day. Love you Sissy!
Round two of Thanksgiving (or Fakesgiving, as we like to call it) was at Bry and Leisl's house. Since we are still off on our holiday schedules they were not with us on the real day, so we have a bonus day to celebrate. This year we mixed it up and had a pizza party since everyone had enough turkey already.
A few more days of just relaxing, playing games (I heart Perquackey!), upgrading mom to a smartphone (yikes!), raking leaves (child slave labor!), and being with family and then the vacation was over. It was once again a good trip and hard to believe that it is already December now.