Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Thanksgiving

Emily and Steve were so sweet to have Michael and I back for Thanksgiving again this year. Here it is almost a week later and I'm still very sad that it is over. There was a huge storm warning here on Wednesday when we wanted to leave, so we waited it out, left a little later, and had great roads the whole way there. The way home on the other hand... was a whole different story. Right when we hit St. George, the snow began. This is NO exaggeration... we were going 5 mph from St. George to Cedar City. It took HOURS!! The roads just got worse and worse the more we drove. We couldn't even make it to Beaver to stay with Aunt Ila. So, we stopped in Cedar. And so did everyone else. All the hotels were full, so all that was left was some ritzy room. So, we just decided to treat it as an extended vacation. Luckly- we are home safe. I think it was a sign that we should have stayed in Vegas because it was SO fun as always! Let me tell you some of my favorite parts...
Easton took me to Bass Pro Shop to see all of his favorite things. This is us at the fish tank looking at the sting rays. I think I liked them more than him. It was so cool! I could have stayed there all day. P.S- notice how Easton looks how he's giving a thumbs up? He's not. He had a hang nail and was too scared to let Em or Steve rip it off :).
I. LOVE. THIS. CHILD. Look how big she is getting?! I just love this picture. I had so much fun playing with Carly. She was so sweet and would even give me pitty snuggles. I taught her to say "gobble gobble" and it was pretty dang cute.
But I must admit. She liked Michael more. It was adorable. She would go to him anytime he was in the room. Just warms my heart right up.
I feel like evertime I see Easton he's at my favorite age. But I'm loving 4 year old Easton. So smart. So fun. And my personal favorite- SUCH a big imagination! We went on lots of pirate, dragon, viking, sumbarine, helecopter, etc. adventures. Here we are making a pie :)

I wish I had pictures of everything we did. But it was packed full of fun (minues the part where Michael and I both got fevers/pukes/opposite of pukes and I did not make it to the bathroom). We saw HP7 (FABULOUS), em and I made a craft that I'm totally obsessed with and will post later, we watched good movies, laughed, ate, totally OWNED black friday starting at 4 AM, played, and had a great time.
Thanks Rogers family for a great thanskgiving!

5 comments:

Emily said...

I am laughing so hard right now. I can't believe you just announced on your blog that you didn't make it to the bathroom. I love you.

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!! Thanks for coming, I was so worried about you guys driving in such bad weather (thanks mom), but I'm glad you came because it was the best. You both are so great to my kids and they love you so much. Right when you walked out the door to leave Easton said, "But I love Jenni and Michael."

I had so much fun shopping, eating, chatting, etc...and I'm sorry you guys got so sick. :(

Thanks for everything!!! Thanks for helping me with my cute craft and for getting GLEE!!!

Poor Easton and his hang nail.

LOVE YOU!!!

Danielle said...

Sounds amazing! And holy smokes- I hate to admit that that whole "opposite of puke" not making it to the bathroom has happened to me and that is SO HORRID! I'm so sorry.

You look sooooooooooooooo cute in that last picture.

It's really weird cause all the kids are the same way with Clay. For some reason he is like way cooler than me, or SOMEthing but they somehow find their little bodies into his arms more than mine...UGH!

Sounds like so much fun. I love family. Love you

Carol and Bruce said...

Oh, big fat sigh...that looks so fun and I miss those kids. I loved the post and all the photos and am so glad you were able to go and have such a fun time, minus the illness and the terrible roads. What an adventure!

Josh and Lauren said...

So so so fun!!!!! :)

Jill said...

Yay! Happy Thanksgiving! So sorry you got sick. But it sounds like a GREAT time up to that point. Love the picture of Easton and Michael.