Thanksgiving!

All along we were planning on having Thanksgiving out west--Idaho originally. Once we found out Clark was getting married and they decided on the day after Thanksgiving for the wedding, we moved Thanksgiving down to Utah! Nice that we could combine the trips naturally into one! We were able to fly on Breeze, non-stop to Provo. So nice!  Our friends Wes and Hannah from the ward were on the same flight.                                                                        

 

After we picked up our Turo rental, we headed to the Creamery for lunch with the kids, minus Cal. We met up with him Wednesday. At the creamery Lee pointed out this guy in the hoodie sitting at the counter. He said it looked like an older version of Elden. And then he had an Elden Ring hoodie on. Haha, way too funny!

They are building a new creamery too which is really exciting!  We went to Costco on Wednesday and met Katie, Jessie and Cal there. We bought some things for the wedding lunch like cookies and lemonade. I guess Shanna has the giggles!                    

It was fun seeing the Christmas decor at Shanna's apartment!

We went shopping at Walmart and Costco. Cal, Katie and Jessie met us at Walmart. So fun seeing Cal!

Fun at the rental, haha

Shanna stitching on BYU on a sweatshirt. So cute!

I did some pies for Thanksgiving. I should have looked at the ingredients at the rental before shopping. Ah well.... There was plenty of flour and sugar there already. 

Uncle Roger's gym

We went to Roger's that night for dinner and hung out. 

I was so tired!!!

Chloe came over Thanksgiving morning and we had a breakfast with everyone. I'm so glad we did!  We went around and said 3 things we were thankful for. 

We then went on a hike at the Bear Canyon Suspension Bridge. Katie and Jessie met us too. Cal's friend Tallie also joined us. 

Shanna doing nails at some point...

Roger and Sharon were awesome and hosted Thanksgiving!!! We brought mac-n-cheese and pies.

Later we walked over to a park. I love being outside on Thanksgiving. It's part of the holiday for me now.

More nail time!

Bob, Chloe's dad, met us at the church that we would have the wedding lunch the next day. We got it all set up! I was grateful for so many people helping us. We were done in just over an hour. Deb and Katie revamped some of the fake flowers and they turned out great!

We should have just went back to the apartment because I wanted to get plenty of sleep that night.... But we went to an overlook where you can see Utah County and then turn and see Salt Lake County. It was very cool. Just put us back really late. And then Clark wasn't feeling well that night, which turned out to be a bit stressful!  His throat was really sore. Lee gave him a blessing and is going to get him medicine. 

Chloe's Bridal Shower!

 Easing in to just one kid at home!

The jumping lives on!

Lee pulled out a steak!  We purchased a 1/4 cow and have been enjoying the meat. 

Flag folding. Very awesome thing to teach the youth! We need more respect and pride for our wonderful country of America! 

Ila and Zack came and visited us! It was so fun! They were here for a night. I couldn't hang out with them very much because I was painting. We played a game Saturday night which was really fun. They headed out Sunday morning to get to their next rotation in Chattanooga.

We replaced the Suburban with a Crosstrek!  I've been wanting something smaller anyway....

The aftermath of Halloween...ugh. We had 8 college girls renting the basement. They not only left a bunch of stuff, but also left a huge mess. Broken picture frames, dents in the walls, spills under beds, spatters all over the kitchen and elsewhere, stains on sheets, pillowcases and a rug, dinged up baseboard...it was bad. Plus they took my giraffe I bought in Africa and broke it and banged it against the walls. I really thought there were toddlers down there left without adult supervision. The mom who rented the space for her daughter and friends paid me seperately for the giraffe. Then I submitted a request through Airbnb for her to pay for the repairs and replacements of things and the extra cleaning. We spent SO much time cleaning. There was SO much laundry. 

The foot of the giraffe. Sniff. So sad! I can't believe that a group would be so awful and horrible to my space. I found out from my hairdresser she had an awful group of renters Halloween night too. Worse than mine!

I headed to Utah for Chloe's bridal shower!  I got a $60 ticket with Frontier. So fun seeing my kids. Wish I could have seen Cal though. 

Haha, my rental. 

Haley has a cool food science class and she received a block of cheese from a company. 

I made dinner for everyone!

We went to Chloe's house for the bridalshower. I checked on the decor I bought for the wedding lunch. Kelly was really great and let me send wedding stuff to her house. 

It was so cute how everything was decorated!

Millie was so excited!

So much yummy food and soups!!!

It was so fun having Lexi, Riley and Sharon there!

This question game was really cute. 

I got ice cream with Shanna one afternoon. 

Said goodbye to to kids before I flew out. 

Haley made us a yummy lunch!

Another trip to the Orem temple!

Also before I left I took Shanna and Haley shopping. 

I flew to Denver that night and spent the night in the airport. I found an awesome secluded spot. The downside was that I was cold and the mat kept leaking air. I knew I would have an overnight layover. But $60 was an awesome price!

When I got back Ciera and Sheldon already arrived for a surprise visit for Elden. 

Bsicoff Tiramisu!

We also had breakfast at Thunderbird Cafe. Yummy!

Can't go wrong with the chocolate chip cookies.

The skeleton is all dressed up for Thanksgiving!

Painting the stairs. Wow, that was hard! The hard part were the corners on the treads and also the underside of the treads. I've never painted a whole staircase before. 

Baseboards went in!

Elden got a new suit for the wedding! First one!

I've been working on the ward Christmas program. I got this idea from my sister-in-law for a centerpiece. Lee took this wood and Joe McIntyre helped up cut a slot down the middle, and cut them into pieces. 

We had carpet installed and I wouldn't use this company again. The quarter round cuts they installed was awful. I don't like the seams on the carpet and they messed up some of the transitions. They came and fixed it, but the seams can't be fixed. I shouldn't have gone with them!

Bathroom sink!

Lots of stray carpet strands to vacuum. It's so nice having a dedicated vacuum upstairs!

Temple morning!

Cal's mission books came!  They are all of his emails and pictures. 

No, we don't eat dinner with our devices, haha. Just a fun photo to send to the college kids. 

I organized a temple day for the ward and had babysitting. It was busy, but turned out great. 

When there's a wheelchair...

Elden really wanted to decorate for Christmas was back in October, haha. But now that it was time to decorate before Thanksgiving, he didn't really want to help. Too funny. But we got it decorated!  I wanted Christmas set up so that when we came home from the wedding and Thanksgiving, the holidays were under way!

Put together the goodies for Lee's office team members. It's so fun doing this!

Happy Holidays!  Thanksgiving is around the corner and so is the wedding!!!