Thanksgiving Weekend

So I decided this year I would help make dinner. I've wanted to do dinner myself but I know not very many of my family would come down here for it. And Mike's family does a big thing at his Grandma's usually.. So anyway I helped my mom make thanksgiving dinner up there this year. Wednesday i made pies, and worked (not easy mind you) and after Mike and I both got off work and he put up lights and packed our bags we headed to my hometown. Shi and Ryan were already there. Everyone had fun talking and staying up for awhile before bed. Thursday we got up mom started making pudding pie crusts then the rest of the food preparations began. We had dinner on the table only 10 maybe 15 minutes later than planned. So for us that was definately an achievement! Shilo and Ryan left not long after dinner they had goodbyes with his family to attend to back up north. (They headed out yesterday morning for tenn... not sure if I said anything so more on that later) My parents, Mike, Brooke, and I made a trip to Richfield that evening.
Friday everyone but Mom loaded up and headed after our Christmas Trees!!! (This is my favorite part after stuffing myself fuller than should be with great food.... Plus you get to eat Turkey sandwiches on rolls... nothing beats it) My dad had invited Kenny and his family to go with too. -now in years past we've had a couple of my uncles and their families with us... but over the years we've all dwindled down to our seperate families- So we made it up to the designated spot... which I'm not disclosing even though I'm using this as my journal.... my dad hikes a lot in search of our perfect trees every year and there are still more there so.. location is remaining undisclosed. Not that I think people will automatically flee to this location just a precaution.. for my dad. Anyway since dad knew right where they were, after dropping off the vehicles and the kids, Dad, Sena, Kenny, Mike and I hopped on the 4wheelers headed up more of the mountain then hiked more up to "the trees" And since I wasn't being very smart and ONLY ate 1 turkey sandwich and a few cheetos and a sucker all morning then took off hiking without bringing other food... Needless to say I was a little sick and faint. The snow helped with the water so I wasn't worried about that. But nobody else thought to bring anything to eat either since we weren't far from the trucks. Well dad did find an old lemon tootsie roll in his coat pocket. Now I despise them but I was desperate so after mike prodded away the paper I sucked on it. Well it only helped a little until it became too nasty and I had to spit it out. But it was due to the fact that it was OLD not my dislike of the candy. Anywho we got all our trees and I didn't pass out, luckily. I must have great smoothing things out skills. Because I can always seem to do that before I pass out, thankfully.
Our tree was by far the heaviest. I have another tall ceiling so I could have a tall tree this year. Well we found one almost as round as it was tall!! Lol. And it took both Mike and I to drag it down the mountainside to the fourwheelers. However though we have cut quite a bit off now. It was still a little too tall for the tall ceiling and then once we got the tree inside the house we decided to put it in the living room instead of the family room (which has a shorter ceiling). Anywho I'll post a picture when we decorate it.
So Saturday we helped my dad and siblings put up lights. Which helped my dad drastically. Normally with his work schedule and doing it mostly by himself with some help from Sena and Amy it takes a couple of weeks. We were able to get everything but the last oak tree, the back of the bottom of the house and bush next to it. It was fun. I like putting up lights. Everyone thinks I'm crazy but I like it! So after that we ALL went to Richfield again.... and ate some pizza and did a little shopping.
All in all it was a rather fun weekend! I think it's the longest we've stayed at my parents' house too. Although I have to say I'm disapointed in myself for not getting over to see my grandparents. Thanks dad and mom for feeding us and putting up with us!!! We hope everyone else had a great weekend.