THIS YEAR JEFF AND I WERE LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES FOR THANKSGIVING.WITH NO FAMILY COMING HOME WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING AND ESCAPE TO OUR FAVORITE RETREAT, PARK CITY. I KNOW THAT I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO, IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE R & R THAT I NEED...NICE KING SIZED BEDS, HOT TUBS, SHOPPING AND BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS, (I THINK MOUNTAINS ARE WHAT I MISS THE MOST LIVING IN IDAHO). I PACKED UP MY CHRISTMAS CRAFTS, SEWING MACHINE AND COMPUTER IN HOPES OF GETTING SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE DONE, AND I WAS SEMI-SUCCESSFUL IN AT LEAST STARTING A COUPLE OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
WE WERE SO HAPPYTO BE ABLE TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS HANGING OUT WITH BEN AND MICHELLE. THEY CAME TO UTAH TO HAVE THANKSGIVING WITH THE MCPHERSON FAMILY BUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GETTING TOGETHER UNTIL WEDNESDAY, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH HAVE A COUPLE DAYS TO HANG OUT. BEN AND JEFF DID A LITTLE AUTO REPAIR IN HEBER AND THEN WENT FISHING ON THE PROVO RIVER. MICHELLE SPENT SOME TIME WITH CALLI AND THEN THEY BROUGHT NASH UP TO THE CONDO AND MADE COOKIES. WE WENT TO DINNER AND THEN CELEBRATED MICHELLES BIRTHDAY WITH CAKE AND ICE CREAM. WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
CLIX CAME UP ON THURSDAY TO EAT THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH JEFF AND I AND THEN WE DID SOMETHING THAT IS TOTALLY OUT OF OUR CHARACTER... WE WENT TO THE LATE MOVIE AND HIT THE BLACK FRIDAY SALES AT THE OUTLET MALL. EVEN THOUGH I WAS YAWNING DURING THE MOVIE, I GOT MY SECOND WIND WHILE WE WERE SHOPPING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER DONE BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING AND PROBABLY MY LAST, BUT IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE. TO BAD I DIDN'T GO PREPARED WITH A CHRISTMAS LIST TO SHOP FOR OTHERS, SO JEFF AND I JUST SHOPPED FOR OURSELVES. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT :)
UTAH HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH A LITTLE EARLY SEASON SNOW THIS YEAR AND ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS SINCE THEIR LAST STORM WE WENT SKIING AT BRIGHTON AND HAD A GREAT TIME. THE SNOW WAS GOOD AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD RESORT FOR ME TO GET MY LEGS WARMED UP FOR THE SKI SEASON. IT SEEMS LIKE I HAVE TO RECONNECT THE SIGNALS FROM MY BRAIN TO MY FEET BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON SKIING IS NOT LIKE RIDING A BIKE FOR ME, I CAN'T JUST GET ON MY SKIIS AND TAKE OFF, I HAVE TO DO A MENTAL READJUSTMENT, ESPECIALLY AFTER MY CONFIDENCE GETS SLAMMED WHEN I FALL ON THE FIRST RUN. BUT ALL IS GOOD, THE DAY ENDED WITH ME FEELING GREAT ABOUT THE SKI YEAR AHEAD, LETS JUST PRAY FOR SNOW IN IDAHO BECAUSE THERE IS NONE.
(never without his phone. Even on the ski hill Jeff is reporting the ski conditions to some inquiring friend).
NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE STOPPED TO SEE MOM ON OUR WAY HOME AND SHE SEEMS VERY HAPPY IN HER NEW HOME AND MARILYN IS TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF HER. I HOPE HOWEVER THAT I DIDN'T PASS ON MY NOVEMBER COLD (THE ONE I GET EVERY NOVEMBER) TO MOM. NOW ON TO THE NEXT EVENT...CHRISTMAS!!....EVERYONE WILL BE HOME AND TOGETHER AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR AND IT WILL BE A BLAST.
