Thanksgiving

Brax had the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off.  I took him down to the Instacare with me so I could get my pregnancy blood panel work up done.  After we got done with that, we headed home and out of town.  We got up to visit family about 2:30 pm.  Brax stayed with my mom and played with his Cowley cousins.  They had a sleepover that night as well.  Thanksgiving day we got up and finished preparing our assignments for dinner.  We had a lot of fun visiting with the Cowley family and quite a few were in attendance.  All of my dad's siblings were there.

After dinner we cleaned up and finished cleaning the school house for Shanelle's wedding.  At about 5 we headed over to the Andersons to hang out with everyone there.  We had a good time.  I sat with my sister-in-laws and planned out our Black Friday shopping trip.  Once we got organized we ate dinner and I went to pick up my sister, Cara.  She was nice enough to come along and help me out.  Funny thing was that she got more than I did.  I picked up more for my brother's family than I did my own, but that's okay.  The stress of shopping  brought on contractions until 2 am the next morning.  They started out strong, but calmed down after a while so I didn't worry too much about it, but I didn't sleep much.

On Friday Brax decided he was going to work with Grandma.  He was so excited because she had a job for him and he earned money.  Branden and I headed to Richfield to talk to a guy about windows for our house and pick up a few items.  After that we headed to Glenwood.  Brax stayed with Grandma Cowley and went birthday shopping with his cousin.  They had a shake and got spoiled.  He then played at his cousins.  That night we worked on trying to start decorating for Shanelle's wedding.  We didn't have the right hooks, but we got all the lights lined up and set out.  I'm excited to see how it all turns out.

Saturday was another day at the school house and I spent the morning baking for Nellie's bridal shower that night.  In the early evening I went out on the bridal/groomal photo shoot and then headed back to my mom's to finish getting ready while my guys headed to the Andersons.  We had a really good turn out at the shower and had a lot of fun.

Sunday was a day full of illness.  I kept throwing up both Saturday and Sunday.  I couldn't get my stomach to calm down.  Branden didn't feel well either.  We hung out with the Andersons and had lunch with them.  Since it was only 3 days before Brax's birthday we let him open his presents from his grandparents and cousins.  He got spoiled and we told him he didn't need any more presents.  All in all, it was a fun weekend but am very glad to be home!