Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is here and gone!  David's sister was hosting dinner in Missouri, but since we are a little short on funds, we couldn't afford to make the drive.  We really wanted to because it's been so long since we've seen his family!  But it just wasn't in the stars.  So we decided to drive up to Idaho and celebrate with my family.  It was a lot of fun, but I only took one picture the whole trip!  So I'll just briefly write how the trip went.  

We drove up on Tuesday night because we heard there was going to be a big storm that would make driving a little dangerous.  Once we pulled in, Asher and Millie both got very excited!  Asher loves going to Grandma's house and playing with her cool toys and getting to eat whatever he wants and Millie loves how much land they have that she can run around.  On Wednesday, Lisa and Joni brought their munchkins over and we had a very crazy play date with 5 kids 3 and under.  Asher had a blast!  He was really tired from all the traveling, but he loves having someone besides Mom to play with.  I tried putting him down for a nap 3 different times, but he was so excited about the people that were there that he never slept.  We were going to have a movie at Joni's house for the kids, but Asher fell asleep on the couch right as I was about to put his coat on to leave.  I felt too bad to wake him up, so I was just going to stay at my mom's.  But my mom and sisters felt so bad that they brought the party to us!  So we watched Inside Out (it was the first time I'd seen it and I loved it!) and Asher got lots and lots of cousin time! 

Thanksgiving started out a little weird.  Lisa and her husband got very sick so my mom drove over to their house to pick up their 2 kids and bring them home so they could get some rest (one reason I miss having my mom close by).  Asher and I went to Wal-Mart to get some Oreo's for my mom's place settings.  And the boys in the house slept a lot.  Eventually, Joni and her clan made it over and things got very loud and crazy!  Lisa was able to make it out just in time for dinner, and we all enjoyed a great meal and good company!  After dinner, my mom taught my sisters and I how to make origami stars.  It was really fun learning something new and doing crafts!  That's another thing I miss about living in Idaho, we used to do crafts a lot together and my mom was always teaching us stuff like how to knit and crochet and not ruin whatever we were sewing.  I still have my stars and am hoping to figure out how to turn them into ornaments!

David and I were planning on leaving Friday at some point, but at 5am, Asher started throwing up.  And every half hour after that until about 11am.  He was in a really good mood, but I always had to be ready with my bucket to catch.  And then about 6, I got sick.  And I was sick all day.  And my brother Andy could hardly get out of bed and had my mom bring him a bucket.  We were pretty pathetic.  David started feeling a little nauseous later that night, but never threw up.  So, needless to say we did not make it home that day.  David was a really good sport about watching Asher while I was laying on the bathroom floor and my mom was very nice to help us all with our various ailments!  She even rented a movie that we could watch that night!

On Saturday, we all felt well enough to make the drive.  We were all very tired and sore, but we managed to make it without any accidents!  Of course, since my immune system was down because of the flu, the cold that I had been fighting off managed to slip through and now all three of us have an awesome chest cold.  Being sick is not fun.  But we're all hopefully getting over it and will be better in time to get whatever else is going around!

My sister got mad at me that I didn't include any pictures in my last post, so I have a few pictures I've taken the last few months.  I haven't taken many pictures, so I guess I need to get on that!  Enjoy!

I'm so proud of the hat I made Asher!  He always tries to take it off, but I think it's super cute.

Asher's favorite thing to do when David gets home is to crawl up on his lap when he's on the computer and have David turn on a video.  David then promptly falls asleep.

And again.

Asher pulls these blocks out all the time.  He loves playing with them and putting them in his dump truck!

He managed to put every block down his shirt.  I was impressed.

Asher gets VERY upset when we put Millie in the kennel.

Asher loves putting his feet on people.  And sitting on people.  It makes laying down to watch TV....uncomfortable.

This is my one picture from Thanksgiving.  I brought the giraffe for Isaac, he loved it!