Thanksgiving and Ady's Baptism

Oh, I don't even know where to begin. ALOT has happened in the last week or so. Lets' see...

Our friend Jeff (our girls call him Uncle Jeff), had his parents visiting from Durango, Colorado, the week before Thanksgiving. So, Sunday, we had Jeff and his parents over for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner! It turned out really nice! We love Jeff, and it was really nice to get to meet his parents. They are really interesting people. They just got back from a trip to Africa, and showed us all of their pictures. My girls have decided that we need to go to Africa for our next family vacation. I'm not sure that will happen... ever!

Sunday morning, we took my niece, Kelsey, to the airport. We were all really sad to see her leave. The next morning Brylee woke up, and went downstairs to snuggle with Kelsey like she usually did. She started to cry when she realized that she wasn't there. We all really miss having her here!!!

We made the long trek to Gunnison for Thanksgiving this year. We left Wednesday night, and didn't make it to Gunnison until around midnight. The next morning, we went to Reed and Josie's house for Thanksgiving. We had alot of fun, and lots of good food! The girls love to see all their cousins!

Friday morning we woke up bright and early to go shopping at Walmart at 5:00 AM, with Craig, Erika, Kiersten, Tina, and Steve. There really wasn't much that we wanted, but we did get all the kids a coat - they had them on sale for only $8!!! 6 coats for under $50 - you can't beat that! We also got a new scanner/printer/fax (only $29), since ours broke.

Later that day we had round 2 of Thanksgiving dinner - this time at my mom's and Kirk's house. It is really fun to blend their two families together for dinner! I enjoy talking with Kirk's family and getting to know them better. My girls also met his daughter, Mariah's, daughter's who are about the same age. They had so much fun playing with them, and my sister in law, Rhonda's, daughter Mireya. The rest of us had fun playing Guitar Hero on Sammy's new x-box 360 after dinner!

That night my mom, Maren, Craig and Erika, and Brian, Ady, Austin and I went to see Twilight. This was my second time seeing it, and I have to say I liked it alot more the second time! Everyone else really liked it too. In fact, Austin is now a big fan. He is seriously considering reading the books so that he can find out what happens next. That is pretty major for him since he HATES reading. I think I may have to buy him New Moon (book 2) for Christmas, to encourage the whole reading thing. I told him, every girl in his school will love him if he reads the books. I think that is a HUGE motivation for him. :) Also - it was pretty interesting being in a dark theatre with Craig's glow in the dark cast ( he broke his hand in 3 places when he wrecked his 4-wheeler! ouch!). He is like a little school boy with that thing!

Saturday morning, was Ady's baptism. We decided that it would be alot easier to do the Baptism in Gunnison during the Holiday while everyone was around, than it would be to try and have everyone make the 6 hour drive to Vegas. It was a little stressful for me, trying to plan everything while I was so far away, but luckly, I have a great family who pretty much took care of all the arrangements for me. Kirk baptized Ady and Reed confirmed her. It turned out really nice. We only had one minor catastrophe. Brian was ironing his shirt that morning, and burned a big hole in it, and Austin forgot to pack his church clothes. Brian's family saved the day by finding a shirt for both of them! I am so proud of my Ady! I can't believe that she is already eight!!!