2 Thanksgiving Weekend

This year we celebrated Turkey Day with Nate's side of the family. As usual we ate more than was prudent; too much yummy food all around. The adults enjoyed some high energy games of cards (Canfield), a slow game of Rummycube, & the annual Scrabble match. The cousins ran like crazy in the background and crashed as soon as their bodies stopped moving.

Here I am at home earlier in the day using a stool to get enough leverage to mash all the potatoes. Kylie has a major soft spot for men, especially her Grandpa's and uncles. I think I'm safe in saying the feelings are mutual (shot below is with Uncle Troy).

We were glad to get to visit with Nate's Aunt Rosie. She lives down south and we don't get to see her very often. Given my 2nd grand speeling proficiency I tend to come in last in Scrable, so this year I didn't sign up. Towards the end of the game I did team up with Nate & Rosie to help them squeak off a win in the traditional Scrable game. You'd think that Aunt Maho would be the one needing help, what with Japanese being her native tongue, but she is the one that usually beats us all royally.

Grandpa Eldon was a great sport monitoring the kids during the pre-meal movie.

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The day after the feast, Grandma & Grandpa Schwartz invited all the cousins for a "slumber" party and Allie got her first invite. She was so excited and packed her backpack, pillow, and doll (all Strawberry Shortcake). I wondered how she was going to do and gave her a 50% chance of staying the night. However, we never got a late night call to come get her. The next day Grandma told us the whole story. Allie didn't settle down when all the other cousins were falling asleep. Instead she crawled into bed with Grandma and performed her nightly monologue. She must have worn herself out chatting because she fell asleep in Gma's bed, where she stayed all night. Sweet Grandma JoAnne!



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We've put up the decorations and trimmed the tree. This year both the girls were actually very helpful. Allie commented on most of the ornaments, exclaiming "I remember this one". Kylie likes to touch the tree decorations, but usually leaves them on the tree.


After decorating the tree the girls colored coloring contest pictures for the Plumbing store. Thanks Uncle Layne.

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Heidi (Troy's girlfriend) & I came up with the idea to see a ballet during one of many USU's football games with the boys. I haven't seen the Nutcracker performed since I danced in it myself, so this was a real treat. Ladies' night actually started earlier in the day when my sister-in-law Micki treated us to Indian food when she heard I'd never had it. She made sure I got to try it all and it was all good.