Thanksgiving 2011

Once again we headed back up to visit family for Thanksgiving. This trip was a little more abnormal than most. We decided to head up Tuesday the 22nd so that we could have lots of time with everyone. We made it up just past Beaver (about 3 miles) when the car died. We couldn't get it started again and it was 10:30 pm. I thought it was the alternator. We called both our dad's. My dad had the flu and didn't answer, but got a hold of Branden's dad. He agreed to come and pick us up for the night so we didn't have to get a hotel room for the night. In talking to him we decided to get towed into Beaver since we were right off the side of I-15. The man that towed us was so very nice. He was also the mechanic that was going to work on the car. We waited on the 23rd for him to call us and let us know what it was. Branden and his brothers were helping decorate their parents yard and Branden couldn't wait to go pick up the car. There for a while we didn't think we'd get it back before Thanksgiving. The mechanic finally called us about 12:30 to tell us the fuel pump had gone out on us. Not what I wanted to hear, especially after hearing the price. He fixed it quickly and Branden went to go pick up the car with his dad while I went to Breaking Dawn Part I with the girls. While there my sister-in-law accidentally knocked my drink over on me so my pants were wet. It was pretty entertaining!


All in all it was a fun weekend. Thanksgiving morning we were able to get an Anderson family photo with everyone for the first time in years. The other thing was we added two new babies this year so it was their first time in the photo. We had a really nice day and a lot of food. So much in fact we ended up eating it at the Anderson's for a couple days. That night I went Black Friday shopping with my sisters from both sides. It was not as fun as normal. A lot more pushing and shoving. If it's going to be like that I won't return.


Friday I was so exhausted from being up all night that I decided to take some time to rest. A lot of the Andersons were heading up on the mountain to go cut Christmas tress, so we hung out in Venice for a while. That afternoon we went to Glenwood. We played some games and visited. We also ate a lot. I think I was so tired I don't remember a lot of that day. Saturday we spent some time with family before heading home. We did make one stop in Cedar. Branden has been wanting a pistol for a very long time and had saved up enough money to finally get one. It's a 22, but can't tell all the details since I know little about firearms. We were able to get home early enough to eat dinner and relax. It was a nice weekend.

When we did get home though Brax convinced me we were going to set up the Christmas trees and some decor which we did get done about 11:30 that night.