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!

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.