WEEK FORTY EIGHT - November 23 to November 29

Thanksgiving was AWESOME. We packed a lot into just a few days. 

Darren read a book, I worked on an advent calendar for Emily, and Elizabeth worked on an art project.  We played "Ticket to Ride" and watched movies.  We went swimming. We explored the Lodge.  We baked cookies.  One of my favorite events was Ice-Skating. This was Juliana's first time and the kids third or fourth time.  Juliana was a TROOPER. She went from holding onto Darren for dear life to getting around the rink on her own. She did a great job!
The ice-rink is at the Park City Mountain Resort and it is just small and quaint and charming.  We spent HOURS there while the turkey cooked. It was a beautiful day in the mountains.

Our Thanksgiving dinner had all the traditional fare.  We started out with cheeseballs and 7 layer dip while watching the parade and football.  Ice-skating made us hungry for a full dinner.  There were so many dishes whose recipes are from people I love and admire such as my Aunt Genie's strawberry layered jello, my Aunt Joyce's yam and apple bake, and Kristy DeMille's butterhorn rolls.  We of course had turkey and my mom's delicious real mashed potatoes plus stuffing and peas and etc.  For dessert we had peach pie, razzleberry pie, apple pie, and oreo pie.

The best part of the day was getting an email from Emily. I hadn't realized her P-Day would be on Thursday rather than Monday this week.  It was great to finally hear from her.  She got my paper bag turkey and added the comment, "Seriously Mom you are so cool".  HA that made my day and made the burnt fingers entirely worth it.

We got home Friday in time to go tree hunting with Crowthers.  On the way up the mountain we listened to a new CD of Christmas music I purchased. It had a lot of popular artists on it, which actually ended up being kinda weird.  Lady Gaga added a new verse to Frosty the snowman and it was a bit disturbing. HA HA.   

Brian led the way and he took us high enough into the mountains that there was actually some snow. The kids went sledding while Darren and I found two tall, skinny, beautiful trees.   After our annual grilled hotdog  lunch, the kids headed down the mountain to see how far they could get before we came in the truck. We loaded up and shot guns for a bit and then headed down. We were so surprised to find they had cruised to the bottom of the mountain! I don't know how they sledded that far that fast, and it's probably better I don't know. HA.  Good times.


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 Paper and cards: Autumn Joy by Lori Whitlock

Templates:  Project Life Template K by Becky Higgins and Project Life Template E by Becky Higgins.