Thanksgiving and Snowboarding!

We had the absolute BEST Thanksgiving this year. Mom and I started cooking pretty early, of course she made her pies the night before to taunt us. I have to tell you all, I made my very first Turkey. I am getting better at cooking and try and make dinner most nights rather than find what you can eat night...although that is by far my favorite. The beginning of the Turkey..yeah so un cool. I say they take the guts out before they give it to you...that was just wrong! Mom was afraid I would not eat Turkey after my experience, but I did. We had a fabulous table decorated with Candles burning, incredible setting. We missed being with our family this year and told stories of past Thanksgivings. Apparently one year Becky cooked the Turkey with the guts in it and told Mom that it was already stuffed...no worries. We talked about the year Jason was addicted to his deep fryer.....everything was deep fried that year. If you were ever at my house that year...you had something deep fried. We made Calamari, Sushi and had a Turducken....not your traditional Thanksgiving but that was Jason. Good memories and a year no one will ever forget.

The Clan!

The fabulous table and turkey. I look tired already!

I was so proud of cooking a turkey.

Mothers incredible pies. Before the night was over, we had seven pies and five people. BAD BAD!

Christmas lights. Mom and I did half the house, Kayl and Morgan the other half. We were pretty proud of doing it this year.
Love my Xmas tree.

Tradition for me, BLACK FRIDAY! Thanksgiving Day I lay out all the newspaper ad's and begin the hunt. Typically I do all my shopping online, most of it starts at 12:01AM and I take full advantage of it. This year there was a tree on sale....that damn tree! One of my friends wanted a tree with built in lights, I figured hey I am going to be out I will just pick it up..no big deal right. It turned into a big deal, then it was a challenge. As detailed as I am, I read the ad wrong, thought it said doors open at 12:01 AM, nope not until 5:01 AM. So I drank a ton of soda pop to keep myself awake Mom and I kept checking on each other to make sure we were awake. 11:30, Jeep running, Caleb and Dalan (his buddy) dressed and ready to head out when I re read the ad. UGGG, I was awake until 2:00 AM and up at 4:20. We made it, got the tree and had a blast together. We were so tired Mom and I just giggled all morning. Thanks Mom. Noodle and Dalan for going it with me!

SNOWBOARDING

Here I am the day after and I am so sore, every part of my body hurts. I dont snowboard, I ski and not very good at that either. We had a fabulous idea to do our family trip early this year and hit the slopes. Kayl, Morgan, Noodle, Me and Dalan went to Brighton yesterday. First time on a snowboard. I spent most of the day lying on my back staring up at the lift chairs pass over head...but hey I had some really cute boots on. I have to tell you, my kids are my HERO's! Morgan and Kayl so patient with me on the first few runs, Morgan spent the most time with me thank goodness. He could pick me up, hold me up, catch me when I fall all with a smile on his face. Noodle told me on the last run as I have tears in my eyes what a great learner I was and how fabulous I was going to be at snowboarding...just needed to get the hang of staying up. We had the best day together! I am so proud of my kids, they amaze me every day with their talents and how absolutely kind they are to each other and to me. What a lucky Mom!

Morgan, Dalan, Kayl, Noodle, Me

Noodle

Noodle after a run where he crashed doing some crazy jump thinger.

Me and Noodle waiting for the boys to come off another run.

Kayl The look on his face is pure joy. He said to me as we were sitting there "I just love it up here" So content and happy!

Noodle and Dalan

Kayl on the bunny hill being a sport for me.

Dalan, first time on the slopes. He was doing double diamonds on his third run. Way to go DAL!

I love this picture of Morgan, he is in his element. Very cool!

Noodle, Morgan and Dalan at the bottom of the bunny hill. Morgan had just rescued me from my last run. He had charlie horses so bad in both his calves but still helped his mom off the mountain. I LOVE YOU MO!

On of the few times I was up!

Ride home, I think delirium set it about here.

Wow, I have no idea Noodle.

Creating Memories

Last weekend we worked on the basement! LOOK LOOK!!! Its coming along so nice. We had so much fun together creating memories, well at least I did. It feels so good to work on something you know is going to be there forever for your family to enjoy. We did put some empty beer cans in the walls for Jason.

Main Theater room, you can really see where the bar is going now.

Here are the boys working on the ceiling in the hallway. They stayed up a little late the night before and were pretty grumpy for awhile.

Andy doing the messuring, and marking all the spots for me to put a screw in. I did the best I could!

I even strapped on the tool belt. Honestly had a total blast but that can wear you out!

Houstin shot his first Elk on Sunday, he was so excited and we are so proud of him. Looks pretty gross but very cool for H. Here he is with Jared (Uncle) and Brogan (Cousin). Thanks Tori for putting that on your blog so I could steal it!

All in all we are doing well, we had the ick come through the house. I was in bed for two straight days. Not my idea of time off but I am now well rested. Caleb stayed home from school twice this week and Morgan once. Guster is still sick and home again today. Its been a yucky one! Mom is doing so good, she has most of her Xmas done and that makes her happy. She did have an interview with the City yesterday, we are crossing our fingers. We are hanging Xmas lights on the house, almost done! I cant believe I figured out how to do that, thanks for your help Noodle! Looking forward to Thanksgiving, wish we were all together!

They say Laughter is the best medicine!

WARNING, you might laugh so hard you pee your pants. Just be careful with your head so you dont do the same thing I did.

I wish I had something amazing to tell you, but really I dont! Cleaned Morgans room "Love Hut" on Saturday, went to unplug the IPOD doc and smacked my eyebrow bone on the window ledge. It put me to my knees and I wanted to cry. I was brave and didnt cry but walked around with a huge bump on my eyebrow.....the black started shortly aferwards. Everytime Mom would look at me she would laugh, the kind where she bends over praying she is not going to pee her pants from laughing so hard. You all know what laugh I am talking about.

That is some funny stuff right there...................................