Our Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Day tradition is first we play or watch the Elders Quorum play football the morning of Thanksgiving, come home get ready to go to a movie (this year we saw Enchanted) and then after the movie go over to Jeff and Cindy Jensen's for the rest of our Thanksgiving Day. At their house we eat, socialize, eat, look at the day after ads, eat, watch a movie and of course eat again. That is what we do pretty much every Thanksgiving. This year I brought the appetizers (cheese ball and crackers, veggies and dip, and stuffed mushrooms) and some of the mashed potatoes too. Max peeled almost all the potatoes, what a big helper! Then early Friday morning we sometimes shop together for the great deals. Well this year none of us were too into shopping, but Van woke up early so I got ready and left for Target at 6:30. On my drive to Target I remembered that my mom wakes up early and I just knew she would love playing with Van while I shopped; and the wonderful mother she is told me to bring him over! So I went shopping and only wanted to buy this twin doll set for Hanna and play dough, but when I got to Target they said they never got that doll set in, but they were giving a different doll away for the same price. Well I didn't want that one so I went to another Target and they were sold out; I was ready to give up. I went home got my kids dressed brought them to my moms for breakfast and then I asked her if I should go and get it at another Target and she told me to go! So I did and luckily it was there and I got the twin dolls with this whole big set of furniture for $30! I'm glad I got it! Later that day Kurt, Skye, Michael, and our family drove out to State line to meet with dad and Debi for lunch. They go there each year with Debi's family so we went out and had lunch and looked at the shops. I shopped, but couldn't find anything I liked cheap enough to buy. We had a good time visiting and the kids always love seeing there "Papa" (that is what they call him and we have always called him Grandpa). Saturday we had Thanksgiving with my mom. Kurt and Skye were here from Utah, Michael came and our family. Van loved the apple pie and whipping cream! It was nice having Kurt and Skye down for the weekend. Max and Skye played and played, Hanna liked playing with Skye and Skye liked playing with Van, so it worked out great! We had a Happy Thanksgiving weekend!