I was so NOT ready to come home. Oh well.........
Here are a few highlights:
*stayed in a fabulous hotel on the way down and visited with Aunt Cherie, Michelle and family in ID.
*kids enjoyed TONS of time with their cousins....and me with my parents/siblings.
*night out with my husband....including a little Christmas shopping
*family pictures (23 kids, 16 adults....oh, and one teddy bear (Issac refused to let it go.))
*a trip to Chuck E Cheese (oh joy) with LOTS of cousins.
*awesome Thanksgiving day food and company!
*Gabe and Rob went flying with my dad. It was Gabe's first experience. He LOVED it (until descent when his ears refused to pop....ouch!). He took my camera and captured some excellent pictures/video's. Oh...and apparently he LOVED wearing the headset. At one point Grandpa had to turn off Gabe's microphone or risk hearing loss for both Rob and himself. :)
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*Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl with the Conrads, Uncle Andrew and Grandpa H. Lessa and I sat on the sidelines and cheered. It was Gabe's first time playing in an actual "football game" instead of just playing catch. He was a little discouraged by his "non-perfection", but did an awesome job.
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*Taking part in the "Thanksgiving night talent show." Again, 23 kids...17 adults this time...all crammed in one small family room. It was really loud but lots of fun. I forgot to take pictures....but I do have a video (thanks Jason). :)
*Annual "Day After Thanksgiving Hike" to "Thanksgiving Rock" (just some big random rock up Dry Canyon given it's name by my family). I must admit that hiking 5 months pregnant would not have been too bad except that the elevation change between WA and UT just about KILLED me. I won't complain. It was a good workout...in fact, my ONLY workout all week. I enjoyed it but was ever so happy to bring up the rear. :)
It was such a great week. We all had a super great time. I hated to go.
Did I mention I really didn't want to go home?
*Annual "Day After Thanksgiving Hike" to "Thanksgiving Rock" (just some big random rock up Dry Canyon given it's name by my family). I must admit that hiking 5 months pregnant would not have been too bad except that the elevation change between WA and UT just about KILLED me. I won't complain. It was a good workout...in fact, my ONLY workout all week. I enjoyed it but was ever so happy to bring up the rear. :)
It was such a great week. We all had a super great time. I hated to go.
Did I mention I really didn't want to go home?
6 comments:
So glad to hear you had a good time. We enjoyed our trip to utah as well. See you guys around christmas right?
I'm so glad you guys had fun and there was no sickness! I had the funniest dream about you last night. You and Rob and I'm sure the boys ( I didn't see them) surprised us and came to stay the night. I washed my sheets and you slept in my bed. (but it wasn't this house) It was fun though! I would have loved it to be real!
Girl, you don't even look pregnant in that pic. Were you sticking your belly out in your preggo pic?
Glad you had a fun week :)
Hey! How did the rock in Dry Canyon become your Thanksgiving rock? That canyon is like 3 minutes from our house! (We live on 2000 North.) We'll have to meet you there next year!
I am glad that you were able to go and enjoy your trip to Utah. Family is Fabulous! We were able to go to Louisiana and visit Andrew and Lisa. It is great to have family!
5 months pregnant? Did I read that right? When did this happen? I love checking in on you and thanks for checking in on me. Jeremy and I sure enjoyed your family while we were all in Spokane together. Merry Christmas!
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