Thanksgiving

We left for NM on Tuesday morning to stay in Aztec at Randy and Jodie's. 10 hours is WAY too long. (We were pulling a trailer, so that added about 1 1/2 hrs.) But we had a blast. Jodie and I cooked literally all day Wednesday...yummy tho.

Thanksgiving was good. Mom, dad, Jed, Chelsea (Randy's sister/Jed's wife...just to keep you straight ;o), Coltin and Teresa were there on top of the other 10 of us and Val... Amazing food. Crap how it takes 2 days to cook it all and is devoured in 2o minutes. What do you do?

Most amazing/sad part? I only took 30 pics the WHOLE TIME! And most of them were blurry cuz the thing was switched to manual focus instead of auto and I couldn't figure it out for the life of me for at least an hour.

So here is my studly bro-ha Coltin.

Jed and Chelsea.

One of the said blurry pics, but too cute. That cream cheese filling for this apple pie was seriously sinful. AMAZING! I am getting the recipe and posting it, cuz....there are NO WORDS.


We had great plans to get up and hit the blitz Friday, but the only thing we really wanted was the iPods and who is going to get beat up for $7? Not quite worth it.... The KitchenAid was a great deal, but you know if you aren't waiting in line by 2 am, you aint getting one of those....sooo we left the house at a late 6...got to shopping by 6:30 and were good to go.

I love Black Friday...so much fun.

Marcus and Randy met us around 9 for breakfast and continued madness....followed by a wonderful nap.

Saturday, Jodie and I went shopping yet again. Just to get those few items I thought I could get at Walmart for cheaper, but wasnt, so had to go back to Target....shucks. Also Bath and Body. Mmm. Love that store. The best part!?! We went to TWILIGHT!! Yes...it is amazing. I love it. Marcus and Randy both liked it, which makes me happy. Jodie was a little disappointed...I kept telling her to watch it a 2nd time...Marcus liked it and was asking all these questions, so I went on the hunt for Twilight on CD to listen to on the way home...no luck. Of course.

Sunday...yuck. The drive home. We went a different way...more scenic/faster. Nope. Way pretty. But we went thru this canyon outside of Durango, Colorado and I thought I was going to die...literally. Snowing (bad, like 4-5 inches on the roads), we are pulling the trailer, road are slick and icy...oh yeah...NO GUARDRAILS! Are you kidding me. I am sore thru my shoulders today because I was so tense. I usually can sit and read and not think anything of where we are...but holy, I was freaked. Hated every minute of the 3 hrs it took us to go 100 miles. But it was pretty, would go again...in JULY! All in all, it only took 30 extra minutes than it did getting down there, so not too bad.


I went downstairs and was starting some laundry and this is what I came up too. Love it. They were watching Guy on FoodNetwork. We love Guy at our house; obviously. Too cute. We were beat from the long weekend apparently.


More highlights...

• Marcus, Randy, Jed, Dad, Lane, and Brady all went shooting. Brady wanders off. Randy turns to see what he is doing and sees 'spray' shooting 12' in the air. He was all cocked back and arched....and apparently, he REALLY had to go, cuz it had some power to it. He is seriously hilarious.
• On the way down, our battery light kept flipping on and off, but was running fine. (Sidenote.. Marcus had just BARELY gotten this truck on Monday. Yes it has 67,000 miles on it, but is newer and a diesel, so that is just broken in. Oh, it is pretty) So we pull into Farmington and the radio wont turn on, lights are dimming, truck starts completely freaking out. Yes, the alternator. Luckily, we pulled off into Del Taco before it died so we weren't in the street. That would have been lovely. Randy had to come rescue us. AND Del Taco was closed to "reprogram their computers" and we had to pee! A little walk and we were good to go at The Grand Pasta Junction or something like that.
• Brady threw up after eating Thanksgiving dinner. Coltin had given him his soda/punch thing and Brady decided to "race" to drink it. Not such a good idea. Poor kid.
• Jordin's obsession with Taylor Swift. I think we watched "Love Story" on YouTube 27 millions times.
• My kids not getting dressed...pretty much the whole weekend. Nice.
• Jed and Chelsea's new gorgeous house. Love. I so want that bathtub.
• The Tilapia from Outback. Yum
• That Apple Pie...I am telling you it was heaven.
• After deciding not to get beat up and hitting the blitz early, strolling into Sams Club (at noon) and finding the iPods for $20 cheaper there then they were on sale anywhere else. Even sweeter.
• Price match at Walmart. EVEN on Blitz items. I was able to get Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar and game for the Wii for $59 (as advertised at Target) at Walmart without betting beat up! And there was a whole shelf of them!!
• How I wanted that pink Dyson...I covet it. Marcus wouldnt let me since I have the purple one. He just doesnt get it.
• Playing Canasta. Fun. And I got whooped.
• Raiding Jodie's book closet. Nice. I tend to get stuck on authors so I am completely excited about these new ones. I will let you know.
• Teasing Jordin about her boyfriend Tristan. I am so glad I am not going to be there in 2 weeks when they break-up. That is about the duration of 12/14 year old romances. It is not going to be pretty. I so hope she breaks his ♥.
• You make ♥ by holding down alt and hitting 3 on the number pad...not the ones on top, but the ones on the side. I ♥ it.
• Being able to spend Thanksgiving with some of my most favorite people ever. I love them all.
• OH!! I almost forgot! Freaking bought TWILIGHT SHIRTS!! I am soo excited. Got one for my Sammy and Julz too! I was so excited about the Twilight display at Hot Topic that I leaned around to see what was in the front of the display and bashed my head on the glass. Nice. Even better, Marcus was waiting right there in front of the glass for me so he saw it up close and personal. Ouch..but they are soo cute and completely worth it.
• Also, I learned about "Shared Folders"...did you know that you can save pics/music (Like Taylor Swift for Jordin) in a shared file/folder and just give Jordin permission (like a password) to access it and she can download it from there?! Ah-mazing. Now maybe they will finally get thier pics from Mexico, now that I dont have to sit and burn them. Common, that is awesome.

I believe that is all of my ranting and babbling. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!