Thanksgiving and Putting Up Christmas

This year for Thanksgiving we went down to St. George to celebrate the holiday with Corey's grandma. It's always a little tricky and rushed when we do this because Corey works in retail and has to be back to work for black friday. We ended up leaving at about 6:3o in the morning trying to give us a little more time down there and hoping that Raylee would sleep most the way. We also finally got Raylee a front facing car seat in hopes that this would help make the drive a little more enjoyable for her. The plan didn't work out so well because she had a really hard time sleeping while sitting up, but oh well. Live and learn.

When we got there it was pouring rain and did that almost the entire time we were there. Corey didn't get to golfing, and we didn't get to go swimming. I totally spaced it and forgot to take any pictures.

On Thanksgiving, Corey's family always goes out to eat at a really nice buffet with crab, shrimp, and all sorts of fish, as well as the usual Thanksgiving food. This year they found out that the restauraunt wasn't going to be serving the seafood which is his familys favorite part so they decided not to go. So...we got to eat at Golden Corral for our Thanksgiving dinner, need I say more? And surprisingly it was extremely crowded. After stuffing our tummys full of food we were supposed to go see a movie, as is tradition in his fam, but the movie we wanted to see ended up being sold out so we went back to the condo's and played games which was really fun.

Even though there was a few disappointments, my Thanksgiving was still a great day because it gave me the opportunity to look at my life and realize how much I have to be grateful for. It's easy to be grateful for the main things in my life every day like my hubby and my sweet little girl, my family and Coreys family, as well as the gospel, but there are so many little things that I tend to forget about, and Thanksgiving is a great day to reflect on it all and recognize all the good in my life!

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Before we left for St. George we put up our Christmas. It's a little early but I have been really excited for the Christmas season this year and couldn't wait any longer. Raylee had lots of fun playing with a jingle bell while Corey and I got the tree ready for decorating. We made Raylee put on her few ornaments, and then she had a lot of fun trying to take down all the ornaments that Corey and I put up that were in her reach. Needless to say the bottom half of our tree is now devoid of most of its ornaments!



I was also really excited that we now have a house to put Christmas lights on! Corey wanted icicle lights even thought I just thought they would be a big pain, and Corey spent one of his days off up on the roof putting up the lights. He did a great job and I get a big smile on my face every time I turn the corner and see our house all lit up! Now I just need to get my shopping done!