Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we were able to travel up to Salt Lake to celebrate the holiday with our family :) We had an amazing time visiting with friends and family. The weekend went by too fast!!!

Unfortunately, my pictures loaded backwards so we'll just work our way up to our exciting Thanksgiving day :)

Saturday we met up with Neal's parents and his brother, Scot, to go support our UTES! We were able to go to the HOLY WAR game of the U vs BYU. It was definitely worth going to, as always, but it turns out that this year the Lord was on our side. GO UTES!

Friday was my official day of rest. I had stayed up all night for Black Friday shopping. And I'm not kidding, literally ALL night. Neal, Jayde (my niece), and I drove up to Park City at 11pm Thanksgiving night. I shopped til I dropped that next morning and made it to bed around 8am! Neal was a sissy boy and left me to fend for myself around 2:30 a.m. He is a trooper though, not too many wives can say that their husband will face the crowds on Black Friday.

I had a little too much fun that night with Neal, my mom, my sister, and nieces. I look forward to that day every year and this year did not disappoint. The only problem I had was around 7am that morning, my mom and I were walking out of Burlington Coat Factory and the sun started coming up. I was livid! I was so mad that I stayed up that late! At that point, I was just ready to get home and wake Neal up with my cold feet (his favorite).

It was a great night and SO worth staying up for the deals :) My side of the family decided to forego giving presents to each other and give a christmas to a family in need instead. We picked a family in my parents neighborhood. I will post about it later. We finished most of their shopping that night so we were definitely productive :)

I finally got to bed around 8 am and was rudely awakened by my husband at noon. After that, it wasn't much use trying to sleep anymore. I rolled out of bed just in time to get ready for my GIRLS NIGHT!

My father-in-law Mark hooked us all up with tickets to go see the ROCKETTES! We were all so excited, we all danced together in junior high and high school so it was fun to be able to see the legendary dancers. We all met up for dinner at Olive Garden so we could catch up and have our girl talk. It was so nice to finally be able to hang out with them again. I miss them so much and wished that we lived closer.... so until then- I get to look forward to my girls nights.

Here is me, Kelsey, and Mads

Sis (Kallee), Malory Lisa, and Natacia

And finally onto Thanksgiving night! We had dinner with Neal's family. We were able to help cook the rolls and pumpkin pies, we are trying really hard to steal his mom's recipes in hopes of someday being as good a cook as her :) We did pretty good too! Dinner was wonderful and I loved being able to spend time with his parents and brother Scott. It was a relaxing day and I'm already looking forward to next year :)

For dessert, we met up with my family at my parents house. Everyone was there! I loved it! All the girls were able to map out our Black Friday Shopping Stores so we knew where to go for the best deals. Before we knew it, it was time to hit the road and wait in lines!




We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for Neal, our family, my friends, our Savior, the gospel, and all the blessings that I've been given. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!