Utah Thanksgiving

This year for thanksgiving we drove up to Utah to spend it with the Shillig side of the family. Our drive was about 9 1/2 hrs and surprisingly the kids were pretty good during the road trip. They slept most of the way, and watched movies off of Kurts labtop. (That thing is a lifesaver!) Without it I think we would've been in trouble. We stayed in Provo at the Marriot, we've stayed there before on a previous trip and loved it so we booked it again. We got there at about 9 pm on the 21st, Nate had planned an Xbox night so we pretty much threw our stuff in the room and took off for Nate and Ashleys. It was so nice to see everyone and catch up on things. Ash and I ran out and got pizza for everyone, and then the girls played a little Nazi Yahtzee with Lark. Alaina was so tired that I just left with her back to the hotel and Kurt stayed to finish up his game.

The next morning we got up early to go play the traditional "turkey bowl" football game. They played at a park nearby and Kurt had a blast! I just huddled in the truck with the kids, it was just way too cold for me! They fell asleep, so I had a chance to catch up on my email while Kurt played football. The temp in Utah stayed around 30-40 and I forgot my jacket for the trip so I was not a happy camper about the weather! LOL! I cannot stand being cold, I would much rather be hot! Definite California Girl!
After the turkey bowl we headed back to the hotel to shower and get ready for the thanksgiving festivities. Jake and Caroline did such a great job at putting everything together. We all gathered in the condominium clubhouse for the meal, variety show, and games. Everyone brought something to pitch in for the meal and it turned out great! We held a variety show afterwards and we all participated with an act. Some of us were somewhat reluctant to participate but once we finished I think we all were glad that we did it! It was awesome! While we were waiting for games to start we took advantage of some dance time! I love dancing with the family, so much fun!! Then we played Mafia, which is always fun with all those people! Our last round that we played Jake fooled us all and won as Mafia! (You trickster!)
All in all our trip was exciting! The nights with the kids not so much....oh my!! My children are just not good outside of their own environment. The last night was a nightmare, poor Alaina would not settle down and give in to sleep. We were up from 3-5:30 waiting for her to sleep. But spending time with everyone was awesome, especially those we don't get to see often enough! Thank you so much to all of you who helped put this on! It was very enjoyable. Kurt will be traveling back out to UT soon to attend Luke and Kayleens sealing! **p.s. Unfortunately our camera took a dive while we were out there and we didn't get as many pics as I would've liked so these are all I have. If anyone has anymore pics please email them to me, thanks!**