Thanksgiving weekend

What a great Thanksgiving week we had.  It started off on Tuesday with the big 2010 blizzard.  School was let out at noon because the storm was predicted to arrive at 3:00.  Sure enough, by 3:20, it came, and lasted until about 7:30.  Wind, 5" of snow, and white-out conditions made for a fun afternoon!  Mike had a hard time getting home from work, but after that, we all enjoyed staying inside and watching a Harry Potter movie.

On Thanksgiving day,  we surprised the boys with an early Christmas present.  We told them we had to drive to find it, and that they had to be blindfolded (sad for them that they thought we were taking them to pick out a puppy at some breeders house. . .).  We then proceeded to drive around aimlessly for 15 minutes, only to end up back at our house!  We had wrapped airplane tickets along with tickets to the upcoming MNFB game in Arizona between the Cardinals and 49ers.  They were sooo excited!  They had a great time at the game last night, and are enjoying a day with the Hatch's today before flying home in the morning.

On the way down to the Weyerts for Thanksgiving dinner, we stopped at the movie theater where Lindsey and Ryan were attending the 12:00 showing of Harry Potter #7 to decorate their jeep for Lindsey's 30th birthday.  Since the high for the day was in the teens, we were quick about it!

We enjoyed a delicious dinner with the Weyerts, Weyerts and Nelsons.  Mike slaved away all morning making two amazing apple pies!  Jake even got into the action by making a tasty key-lime pie.  That evening, Jess and Brad went to Willard to be with Brad's family, and me, Mike and the boys came home, put up our tree, and watched Harry Potter 6. 

 Cam was asked to play in a Thanksgiving tournament in Brigham City on a team of boys a year younger.  They had won their game the Saturday before in the rain/sleet/snow, so were happy the day after Thanksgiving that all they had to contend with was the COLD.  And I do mean cold- and a frozen playing field.  I don't think anyone was too sad that they lost and didn't have to play the next day. .Prior to the game, I did some black Friday shopping by myself, then with the boys for a few hours.  After Cam's game, we had leftovers with Tom and Freda, then watched another Harry Potter movie-

Saturday, all 4 of us did some good deep cleaning for most of the morning.  It's great to get help from the family and not have it to do all on my own!  I attended a nice family bridal shower in Brigham City with Jessica that Brad's family gave her.  Then that night, we all 6 went to the new Harry Potter movie!  It was great to see it after watching all the movies in past week.  It was a great movie, and I'm anticipating part 2 even more now. It snowed most of the day Sunday, and we were left with another 14-16" of snow by Monday morning.  It was a beautiful, sunny, blue sky day once the storm passed, and I rather enjoyed seeing all the beauty of winter.  It's a great time of year to reflect on my many blessings and the things I'm so very grateful for--- family, the gospel, friends, good health, a free country and so many more.