Overdue Thanksgiving Post

Thanksgiving was a good time this year! Jared's dad and Brother Justin came to visit us and ate Thanksgiving dinner with us. After the BIG bird was eaten and we couldn't fit into our clothes anymore, we played some games all together as a family, such as Apples to Apples and my favorite, Guestures. It was a blast watching my mother trying act out "gangster" and my older bro, Eric guessing pimp and prostitute, as she blushed..HAHA! I LOVE this time of year where we can all be together and have a good time as always!! Some of the many things that I'm grateful for around this time of year are:

An amazing Hubby

the best Family in the world

Great friends

ChOcOlAtE

Our Heavenly Father

The gospel

Temples

Those who are fighting for our freedom

Puppies and cute animals

The mall

Decorations, and scrap booking memories

my mom's cooking skills

and the list goes on and on.....

Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday for us to realize how blessed we are and to be thankful for everything we have.

So following the day after Thanksgiving, Jared and I went down to the Hotel that Justin and Chuck were staying at to pick them up for breakfast and thought that they told us they were staying in room 310...but it turned out that they were in the next one down in room 312! Well, my hubby thinks that it would be funny to pull a scene from Tommy Boy and knock on the door and say "house keeping"...so I did in my most unattractive voice possible, and who answers the door? Not them! Some crazy lady with a Russian accent! Lol...I felt so dumb that I just kinda ran down the hall with my tail between my legs while Jared explained that we were sorry, but that we had the wrong room!!! Hahaha...oh what fun times we had!

This last Saturday, my family got into the Christmas mode and we went up to the mountains in Idaho and chopped us down a big tree! It was such a fun experience :) We even saw some crazy squirrels just like in the "Griswold's Christmas Vacation" movie. After chopping down our tree, we headed back to the car to eat some home made cinnimon rolls my mom had made and some yummy Stephen's hot cocoa! It was the perfect day. We did realize very fast however, that we will definitely need to buy some quality snow gear and clothing living out in the snow! Running shoes just don't cut it anymore when you're hiking through snow!

Decorating this 12 and a half foot tree was quite the experience! I've never had to use a ladder to decorate a tree before! But the finished product was oh so worth it :)

I'm so stoked for Christmas this year! Celebrating Christ's birth, watching the snow fall out the windows, cuddling up with Jared next to the fake fire, drinking hot cocoa, the yummy smells from Bath and Body Works and holiday food is the BEST! :)

I hope that you ALL have a fantastic Christmas!!