Thanksgiving and Birthday

Thanksgiving this year was our family's off year where the kids all go to there in-laws. So as November hit this year I started thinking how different this year was going to be, with Sharise not even going to be here. I was thinking of all kinds of different things that Ron and I could do. Of coarse a Thanksgiving Cruise would be awesome right? Wrong, there would be no family at all. I thought maybe we could go help out at a homeless shelter, which would have been fun. But Thanksgiving is family time in my book. So heading up to SLC was the only option. We have lots of family up there, even though Des and her family ate dinner at the in-laws this year we were still with family. We had a quiet little dinner with Ron' parents and our niece Andrea came a little later. Can I just say how nice the clean up was, didn't take us long at all. But I would give up having the quiet and quick clean up for having all of my kids around and having it a little chaotic with grandkids running all over the place and yelling and screaming. That to me is Thanksgiving. Des and her family came over to Grandma and Grandpa Greats house when they were done at the Ogdens, the kids played some cards with Grandma. And then we headed to Des' house.




Friday is our after Thanksgiving movie day where it has been tradition to go see a new movie out. This year the movie was the Muppet Movie which we enjoyed Ron and I went and picked up my mom, she enjoys going to movies. It was fun keeping the tradition going.

After the movie we needed to drive my moms car on the freeway because she never drives it enough to pass the emission test. So I decided to call my brother in Boston to see if we could take a look at his home in Bountiful, he will be moving there soon. So off to Bountiful it was, took Ron through his home which is Gynormous. Then took mom to lunch at Kneaders, it was very tasty as always. Then on to Sat. which was the day for traveling home.

Sunday we celebrated Chantelle birthday that was on Friday I asked her what dessert she wanted and she said brownies or Oreo Pie. I told her it would be safer if I did brownies because I have not tried Oreo Pie so brownies it was, also wished Chad a happy birthday that was on Sunday. He is part of our TX family. They both had great birthdays. I love my wonderful family. I love the technology today, we can talk with and even see them over skype.



Along with thetechnology have to mention how grateful I am for the wonderful medical advancements that are so available today. So grateful that we are in a time that Desirae can be treated for her cancer and have the medications that will help her get through the effects of the chemo, she has been able to function, don't get me wrong it has not been an easy thing but she has not been throwing up like people I have known in the past has done on chemo. So grateful that her last scan showed that the little buggers are leaving her body. I am so grateful that I am going to be a grandma two more times next year, what a great number 12 grandchildren in the year 2012.
I am excited for Christmas, we will have most of our cute family here but so bummed that Danette and Chad will not be able to be here, with a cute little one joining their family they have to put the money elsewhere, than paying the airlines. Sharise will be coming in on the 21st, excited to see her. As always looking forward to see what the new year brings for us. (besides two new cuties to our family)