Thanksgiving in Seattle

On Tuesday, November 24th I headed to Utah. I think I was there less then 24 hours, but it was still great! Jess and the kids picked me up at the airport and we headed out to Mom's house. It was a joyous reunion. It was a fun evening filled with good food, great company, visiting, gift giving (from Kuwait), and being entertained by the kids!

Rylee took this picture- Nice job!

Rylee and Julie are happy!

Tayler is modeling the scarf I gave to Mom, while Rylee is modeling her prayer beads.

On Wednesday, November 25th, Mom and I headed to the airport and headed to Seattle! We stayed at Brent and Ashley's house. We got in around 7:30pm and that evening we visited, played wii, and handed out gifts! Ashley was very thoughtful and gave Mom and I a box of hand warmers and foot warmers since it tends to be a little cooler in their house. It was an awesome gift- I love those things! I also handed out some gifts from Kuwait.

Sheik Brent modeling his gift!

Thursday was THANKSGIVING DAY! I love Thanksgiving- it is a wonderful time to reflect on how blessed we are and how much we have to be thankful for. I was especially grateful this year to be home to spend the holiday with family. Ryan, Marcela, and Reyes joined us for the day and Uncle Gary also came over. It was nice to hang with them. Here are some pictures from the day:

Uncle Brent playing with Reyes

Thanksgiving Spread- It was delicious! Cute Reyes

Reyes and Julie just chillin' after all that food!

Ashley, Ryan and Marcela chillin'

Me and Two of my Bros! Ahh Fer Cute!

The Guys

The Gals

Ryan and Marcela- Muy Guapo!

It was definitely a relaxing day. It was awesome to just eat good food and hang out! Thanks Brent and Ashley for putting on a great spread!

The next morning Ashley, Mom and I braved the craziness called "Black Friday". It wasn't too crazy and look at all the good stuff we got! We didn't even have to get up too early! :^)

Successful Shopping

Friday evening we went to Ryan and Marcela's house to hang. We made a Costco run and got some pizza for dinner. Then we watched the short Merry Madigascar movie and sang silly girls camp songs. It was fun and Reyes loves the Moose song!! I actually spent the night with Ryan and Marcela since I went with them to Seattle the next day. Good times!

Our reason for going to Seattle was to go shopping. Pretty sad that the only thing we bought was lunch! It was definitely not a successful shopping day, but it was still fun to hang with Ryan, Marcela, and Reyes!

Reyes! I think she sang the entire Tarzan soundtrack that day- cute girl! On the ferry heading home!

After spending the day in Seattle we headed to Brent and Ashley's house where we looked at pictures from Kuwait and heard Brent's stories of Japan. Mom, Brent, Ashley, and I visited until past 11:30pm. I guess we figured once we stoped visiting that meant our vacation was coming to an end- sad!

Mom and I caught the 7am shuttle to head back to the airport on Sunday morning (November 29th). We got home (to Utah) by 2pm to find the furnace had died! Good thing we had hand and feet warmers that Ashley gave us! Thanks again Seattle clan for making it a great weekend! It was fun to see you all!