Fast Forward Thru December

Thanksgiving has come and gone and so has December. We spent Thanksgiving in Salt Lake. It was ok, not terrible but not fantastic. There was a big storm the night before so it took us over 7 hours to get to Prestons parents house (normally 4.5 hours). Not only were we dealing with crappy conditions outside, but inside as well. Thurston decided to catch a case of the squirts and we were stopping every 20 or so miles for him to go to the bathroom. So that was fun. With the snow came excellent sledding conditions, so we headed out with "Grumpa" Ralph. The kids had a blast and I took Aleah down a couple times and she loved it... we think. She kept the same facial expression the whole time. ;) Dinner was good, but came waaay too late. With a mixture of the Turkey not being done and waiting for everyone to get there, we FINALLY ate dinner at 8PM!!! I was a little cranky, esp because I didn't get pie until 9:30pm. We did get to catch up with our friend Graziano, who was in from Italy. He watched the UTAH vs BYU game with us and then he had to go. Sad to only spend a few hours with him, but glad to see him. We were snowed in and left Monday morning. Since then it has been work parties, Ward and RS party(s)... in which one I must mention Preston prepared and cooked the meat and pasta. Kid parties at school, a nasty bout of Mastitis, friend parties and football bowl games. So here we are, December 23rd and nothing on the calendar except Christmas. I am so excited to be in pajamas for the next 3 days and spend time with just our little family. No calls for last minute trips to SLC this year. We are excited to finally get a Christmas with just us. Baby Girl's First Thanksgiving The kids had a blast at their table Sleddding... Preston digging us out Aleah and Grandpa We had our big storm shortly after we returned home. Several inches. The kids had a lot of fun, and I had a ton of fun digging out the driveway. I think Christmas and Thanksgiving switched weather on us!