*Jackie and I going grocery shopping together...for several hours! It was so much fun...who DOESN'T like buying food, especially knowing it was all going to be in her capable hands for a week?!
*Uncle Russell took all the kiddos outside while we were gone to play in the only snow we've really seen this winter, and helped them build a snowman that lasted forever
*Jackie got to drive and meet one of the blog writers she follows, as well as sample some of the great recipes she'd only read about
*The big girlies and Jackie and I headed over to BYU for the last women's volleyball game of the season
*Jackie and I got to walk with her kids over to the girlie's school to watch them run in their annual Thanksgiving turkey trot...I love that our school does that
*Jackie and I going to get our hair done by the Amazing Tiffany
*Uncle Russell taking kiddos SEVERAL times to a play center, sometimes until midnight with the big kids...WHAT a trooper
*Auntie Jackie baking, and cooking, and baking, and cooking, and baking, and cooking...you get the idea
*Little munchkins tucked into their beds at night, whispering and chatting into the night
*Watching our traditional 1st Christmas movie of the season on Thanksgiving night together
*Had a visit from the Zellers during which Mailes, Leggs, Brousseaus, and Zellers went to the movies so Mom could study (during which Ane stuck a popcorn kernel up her nose...Thanks for taking care of that Auntie Connie!)
*Visited Naki's grave at the cemetery
*And of course, ate a scrumptious Thanksgiving feast together
I just cannot believe that I didn't take pictures! Oh well. These pictures were inspired by the visit. This was a picture from a story at school that Eli wrote about Thanksgiving. I loved her picture of the Leggs.
Ane enjoyed devouring Auntie's goodies...
Auntie splurged for us Mailes and bought a wireless mouse for our computer during Black Friday...officially the first time we've ever benefited from anything having to do with Black Friday. Had I known you could participate online perhaps I would have done so years ago. :) The girls were thrilled to finally get to use their computer again since their mouse had stopped working.
After Ms. Baking Phenomenon herself returned to Ohio, Malia was determined more than ever to make something she had created in her mind, something she had decided should be called "Mush". I had balked at the idea for some time. I am one of those people who struggles letting her kids mix the colors of playdough or color with the yellow marker on top of the black marker. So when she tried to describe what she envisioned, it took me some time to finally let her do it. But, here she is, completely enjoying herself. I introduce you to... Mush.
Finally, after we cleaned up all the remnants of Thanksgiving we pulled out all of the Christmas Decorations. The girlies and I just love rediscovering treasures that we haven't seen for an entire year. I'm always amazed that a whole year has managed to pass when it seems like that just couldn't be possible. And thus started the countdown to Christmas.
