Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We had Thanksgiving dinner with Alex's family at his uncles home in Peterson. I made rolls and pie (both for the first time!). Fortunately they both turned out delicious! We had dinner, then Alex took the kids outside to play in the snow. Later we played a fun game Alex's mom brought. That night we headed down to Nephi.

Friday morning my mom and I left for shopping at 3am! Crazy! We went to Macys, Sports Authority, Walmart, Target, and South Town Mall. We met up with my Aunt Bobbie, Aunt JoRae, and Kellie at the mall. We shopped until 6pm! It was a long day, but we had a lot of fun, plus lots of great deals! While we were shopping Alex, my Uncle Richard, Uncle David, Brandon, and Kaitlin went Christmas Tree hunting. Alex got us a beautiful tree (I will post that with my Christmas decorations).

Saturday we mostly recovered from our long shopping day :) We watched the Utah/BYU game with my grandpa and my Uncle Richards family. Luckily, the Utes came out on top! I wouldn't want to have to listen to my brother gloat about BYU winning for the next year :) After the game I played Rook with Kellsi, Kaitlin and my dad. It was so much fun! It was a pretty crazy game. I was in last place for a while, but ended up in second! Later that night my cousin Margo came over with her kids. Jackson had so much fun with her little girl Tayler. They are around 6 months apart and it was fun to see them run around together.

Sunday was my birthday! We went to church and then my mom made me a delicious dinner and cake. My mom gave me the cutest watch! I love it! She also gave me a cute ring and a snowman cookie jar. Alex gave me a sewing machine! I have been wanting one for a while-now I just need to learn how to use it!

Alex and I were supposed to go home that night, but it was snowing so hard we decided to stay. Nephi got so much snow! It snowed all night and didn't stop until about 11 Monday morning. 

I love Thanksgiving weekend! It is full of fun activities and family time! I have so much to be thankful for. Here is a short list:

*Alex-seriously the best husband and dad any girl could ask for

*Jackson-this little boy steals my heart

*My parents-they both sacrificed a lot so I could have a wonderful childhood. They are such great examples to me and I am thankful for such a strong relationship with them.

*My sisters-they are my best friends. I love spending time with them!

*My brother and his cute wife Cindy-Jordan and I don't always see eye to eye, but we love each other! He is such a great person and is a spiritual giant who I really look up to. Cindy loves my brother and makes him happy, which makes me happy :)

*My exended family-I am really lucky to have a huge family who is close. I love that I am good friends with all of my family.

*My home

*My job-I love being a nurse and love the unit I work on. I work with the most amazing patients. I also have the best coworkers ever!

*Alex's job-he gets great benefits and they allow him to go to school and pay for it

*Good health

*The Gospel-I know I am so much happier because of my testimony.

*My primary class-I teach the cutest 5 and 6 year olds. I am so sad I won't be their teacher next year

*Great friends-I have so many friends who would do anything for me. I am lucky to have them in my life.

I was a terrible photographer and these are the only pics I took all weekend. This is Jackson with Tayler-isn't she cute! Then my dad kept teasing them by sitting on their little chairs :)

My cute watch from my mom. Don't you love it!?!