A Wonderful Thanksgiving!

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my Sister and her family. We had yummy food and fun playing games, talking and watching movies. I was thrilled that they stayed overnight and we were able to have a yummy breakfast that Jay and Charlie made. Tammy's daughter was a joy to have around. I forgot the sweet things kids do and say. I hope to spend more time with her on my Birthday the end of December. I really wanted my Mom to come. But hopefully she will visit soon.
I also had a great week. Jay came home Tuesday from his long trip to South Carolina. I really missed him. He was gone for 9 days. We celebrated his homecoming by going shopping on Wednesday.I got a new cell phone and we were able to get quite a few things purchased from our list. I bought a gravy boat just for Thanksgiving. Such Joy! I have always wanted one. I even got some Christmas music to play on the piano. We went to the movies we saw Enchanted. Very cute and fun movie. It was too cute for Jay, he almost walked out on that one. He gets to embarassed. We ate out at this trendy college pizza place in Logan. The Pizza Factory it is in the basement of an old building on main street. It was good Pizza but the atmosphere is more for the college crowd.
On Saturday we put up Christmas lights reluctently from Jay. I finished my stockings that I have been working on. We also bought another turkey just for leftovers. I guess I don't want Thanksgiving to be over.
I didn't want my weekend to be over so on Sunday we went to see the lights on Temple Square. We went with my Mother in law and Jays brother Dan and his family. We road the tracks and went back to her house and had hot cocoa. It was good to see her. I will be taking her to our traditional adventure of Festival of the Trees. We have been going on and off for over ten years. It is fun to see all the decorations and spend time with her.
I thought my weekend was wonderful but Monday was just a wonderful. J.J. and Sam called and said that they got married! They wanted to get married in March but they are expecting a baby and his insurance only pays for spouses. So they got married at the county court house. They are still going to have a big wedding the first of March. We plan on seeing them then.
All in All I had a wonderful weekend I love Thanksgiving I love the simplicity of the holiday and Iam Thankful for all the things that I have and mostly I am Thankful for my family.

a visit to my old state of Washington

This past week I had the chance to go with my husband in the Semi truck to Washington State where we use to live. It was a beautiful drive. We went through highway 12 through Packwood and Morton. They are quaint towns with pet Elk on their lawns. Antique store and picturesque houses. The trees along the windy road were beautiful. We saw apple orchards and grape arbors for wine. After we did our work of unloading horse trailers and reloading wood to come back to Salt lake City we got the chance to visit my sister who lives Seattle. It is a very busy big city I really enjoyed watching it all from the safe seat next to my talented truck driving husband. He can drive an 18 wheeler like a compact car. Anyhow we met my sister with a little bit of trouble finding a space to park a Semi in a not so truck friendly City. We adventured to her neighborhood of Ballard and we had a nice late lunch at Smokey Pete's BBQ. Afterward she showed us her cute home and we had a nice visit with her teenagers. All in all it was a nice time. But we had to get back to our hillbilly town. I was very fortunate to be able to spend time with Jay since he will be gone for over a week this coming week. He will be going to LA to North Carolina almost coast to coast. I will miss him a lot. Hopefully he will return the day before Thanksgiving. I am not use to being without him for more than 3 days. I need to keep my mind off of missing Jay, because Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I am in charge this year and I am very excited !! I love to cook and have my family over. it will be a great Thanksgiving.