Thanksgiving Week

This year we spent Thanksgiving with my family. And as the tradition goes, my mom's parents and my mom's brother and his family always come out to Colorado for the week. It was a fun filled busy week! My grandparents came in on Monday and my aunt and uncle came Tuesday. The girls went shopping on Tuesday and then we all went out to dinner. Wednesday we went to Itz with the kids and spent the afternoon there. My mom and I had fun bowling in the kid lanes :)

Isaac and Ava...Isaac loved playing with my cousins!

And surprisingly, Isaac was pretty good at the car driving arcade! Look how focused he is!

It was different to spend Thanksgiving with my family when we had our own house to stay at. It definitely has some pros and cons. So we started some Thanksgiving traditions that I want to remember. On Thanksgiving day we got up and watched the Macy's parade and put up Christmas decorations in the house. It was really fun. Then around 1:30 we headed over to my parents in time to watch the Cowboy's game. :) We (ok, I) ate way too much, cleaned up, watched more football, then went home. Here is Isaac and Ava by my parents Christmas tree.

Then on Friday, I did the Black Friday shopping! I met a friend of mine at Kohl's at 5 a.m. I didn't think it was too bad but when we started to leave it got busier, so perhaps it is worth it to get up early! Then I came home, woke Taylor up and while he put lights on the house, I decorated our tree. I thought I'd take a picture of him on our roof so I could send it to his mother! Not to worry though Suzanne, he was safe and never slipped or fell! I was so worried though...I kept going out to make sure he was ok...he was probably so annoyed by my, "Honey? How ya doin??" :) It's scary having him on the roof! Our neighbors couldn't believe Taylor put the lights on the roof--they thought for sure we hired someone else to do it.

Isaac is our moving decoration :)

Then Friday afternoon we took all the kids to the North Pole. The funny thing is, BOTH Taylor and I have been there when we were younger, so we were pretty excited to go with our son. Isaac LOVED it!! We started on the ski lift that goes over the train and the train tracks (FYI, Isaac LOVES all things train) so he thought that was so cool. He rode with my parents.

Then, the TRAIN ride. :) Isaac really liked it.

Taylor took Isaac on the carousel, again, Isaac loves to point out and say "horse" whenever we see one, so he loved this as well.

However, Taylor taught Isaac to stick his tongue out when I was taking pictures....so then Isaac did it ALL the time!!

Proof:

And again....

And again...

But, luckily, it wasn't EVERY picture!

It was a lot of fun to go to the North Pole and Isaac definitely loved it. Then on Saturday, the boys went hunting, I got a massage, we took family pictures (the three of us) and then watched the blessed BYU vs. Utah game...and, BYU won!! (my aunt and uncle are big Ute fans...even brought Utah shirts for the whole family!) It was a great ending to a fun-filled, busy week!!