Dave, Emily and kids were in town for Thanksgiving (Dave is Dan's brother). We have so much fun with their family and wish Kentucky was not so far away!!! Now when they come into town they get to kill two birds with one stone and visit us and Emily's sister who lives in Scottsdale. We kidnapped our 7 year old nephew George on Saturday and he even got to sleep over and go to church with us on Sunday. Dan and George played Little BIG Planet on the playstation until the wee hours of the morning on Saturday night (oops, sorry Emily, we definitely violated 7:00 bedtime). Dan fed George ice cream for breakfast Sunday morning.... so I am pretty sure if he was not already the favorite uncle, he is now :) On Monday, Dave, George and Emma came over in the morning and the boys played playstation while me and Emma when to Target and then made delicious cookies. Emma was a good little helper in the kitchen and made sure to remind me multiple times that her mom lets her lick the bowl AND the beaters when they make cookies at home. Tuesday night we left all the kids with a babysitter and went out to dinner with Dave, Emily, and Emily's family that was in town. We went to a Mongolian restaurant... and there was some serious G.I. discomfort afterwards. Yikes!!! I would like to give a special shout out to Dave who has single handedly kept my sanity in check by providing buddy passes so I can conveniently fly back and forth from Arizona to Utah at an affordable price :) :) :) I love you forever for that one Dave!!! Thank you for deciding to be a pilot. I owe you big time!!!
My handsome boys ready for church
The morning of Thanksgiving we flew home to Utah. Talk about cutting it close!!! We almost missed our
6 a.m. flight that morning. We got to the airport and the economy parking lot was full on the west end, so we had to circle back and try the lot on the other side of the airport. When we got to the other lot we could not find a parking spot anywhere. Luckily there was a parking lot patrol truck that flagged us down and told us about the outer darkness corner of the parking lot where the remaining TWO parking spots were. After parking, we got to the shuttle station just in time to watch the shuttle drive by and so of course we sat there like a bump on a log waiting for another one to come along. Thank goodness I had checked us in online the day before, because by the time we got to the ticket counter, they said we would not have been able to check-in otherwise. By the time we got to security it was 5:55 a.m. and our flight was leaving in 5 minutes! There was a line about 20 people long, so I said to Dan "follow me" and I suddenly became the lame person that everyone hates that shuffles their way up to the front of the line. I could feel many angry stares burning a hole in the back of my head. I walked right up to the lady that was next up to go through the metal detectors and in my most desperate, sad, i'm going to miss my flight voice, asked if we could jump in front of her. After a long pause, she hesitantly said yes. I think it helped that I was holding Jace. I never hesitate to play the baby card in times of desperation... it works like a charm :) As soon as we were through security, Dan ran to the gate and literally got there as they said "last call" and were in the process of closing the door. Woosh, that was way to close for comfort. We must have worn Jace out because he was a champ and slept the entire flight.
Jace looked so stinkin' cute bundled up for the cold Utah weather... although he did cry bloody murder every time I put his coat on. The poor little guy couldn't figure out why he had gone from being sock-less in his onsie, to multiple layers and a hat. He was not happy about it!!! It was 80 degrees in Arizona on Wednesday, the day before we left for Utah, and 18 degrees in Utah on Thanksgiving Thursday.
Jace and Grandma Anderson. Thank you Linda for always letting us invade your house when we are in town!!
Jace (4 months) and cousin Grafton (6 months, Kelli's baby). These two are already little buddies and I love watching them grow up together. I also love getting Grafton's cute hand-me-down clothes from Kelli who we all know has much better taste than I do!
Of course no trip to Utah would be complete without some quality time with the shopping crew... Mom, Grandma, Kelli, Taylor, Grafton and Jace (asleep in stroller). These are the memories that are near and dear to my heart. I love you all... see you in January for the after Christmas sales!!!
