Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving week was so busy and fun and exhausting, all at the same time!  David got done with school on Tuesday, so we were debating on whether to drive to Idaho that night or wait until Wednesday.  I thought it would be better to drive during the day because I thought it might be snowing in Idaho and didn't want to drive in the snow in the dark.  It's a good thing we decided that because after school on Tuesday David had to drive all over to various music stores so he could get instruments fixed before the holiday weekend!  He left at 6:30 that morning to go to school and didn't get home until 7 that night.  David's brother Brian had asked us if we could drive them to the airport at 6:30 that night and I thought it would be fine because one of us could get the kids to bed and the other drive them.  Well since David was getting home so late, I ended up driving them.  But I couldn't leave my kids home alone and it was too short of notice to get someone to come over to watch them, so they came with us!  So squished in our van was me, Brian, Brittany, Natalie (Brittany's sister), 3 babies in carseats, and Asher in his carseat!  I am very amazed we all fit.

Wednesday we got everything packed up and drove to Idaho.  We only had to stop twice and Mia only screamed for the last hour and a half. ;)  But we got there all in one piece!  Thanksgiving was hosted by my older brother and his family.  They recently moved about 30 minutes away from my mom into this super cute little farmhouse. We got there around noon and had fun talking and all the kids had fun running around their yard together.  We had a fantastic meal and by 4:30, my little girls were totally pooped and we headed back to my parents house.  My sisters and brother ended up at my parents house and we hung out after all our kids went to bed.  David and I went to a movie that night (we only go to the movies when we have free babysitters...) and just had a relaxing day.

Friday we spent lots of time hanging out with family.  We went to Joni's house so Asher could play with Ledger and London and Joni let me go through her baby girl clothes!  David and I went to another movie that night too. :)

Saturday was so much fun.  My sister-in-law Keny had a great idea to throw my mom a surprise birthday party!  She planned the whole thing and it was amazing.  She is our new party planner because everything she does is so much fun!  She gave us all assignments of things to bring and she made all the food, had games and prizes, and she always makes a piñata for the party!  It was so fun and really wore my kids out.  After the party we drove back home, completely tired.  Can't wait for Christmas!

My mom and dad got a 4-wheeler so she could check on her bees and chickens.  David decided he would graciously help out and check on them for her and took Asher on a little ride!

While we waited for Thanksgiving dinner, Asher and David tried out my brother's trampoline.

David tends to get restless if we sit around too long, so he started taking kids on  rides with my brother's 3-wheeler!  They loved it!  And Millie loved tagging along.

After dinner.  Mia was so so tired!

I don't have many pictures from my mom's surprise party, but I do have some of the piñata!  Chade (Joni's husband) was designated piñata pole holder, a bit of a dangerous job!

Asher's turn to take a swing!

After they broke it open - candy!

On Sunday after we got back, we were all so tired and my girls were just getting over a cold (that they had the whole time we were in Idaho....yuck) so we didn't go to church.  Ava had a hard time settling down enough to take a nap so David took one with her!

My Mia!  She loves to grab faces.

This girl has been a bit of a trial the last couple of weeks. Growth spurt + being sick + teething = neither of us get much sleep.  Like for 2 weeks I was getting about 4.5 hours of sleep a night.  It's a good thing she's so cute!  And she loves her feet.

These two.  They make me feel all the feelings. :)

Warning...Slightly Graphic Pictures...

Yesterday, David and I were both off at night so we decided it would be fun to make dinner together.  I'd been craving pizza for awhile so we decided to do that.  I wasn't going to be very expensive and it would be fun to do.  So we found a recipe, went grocery shopping, rented a movie, and headed home.  Once we got home, we decided to watch the movie even though it was about 2 in the afternoon.  It's pretty easy to black out our apartment so we closed the shades, drew the curtain, and were off!  About half way through the movie, we took a nap.  3 hours later and we watched the rest of it!  It was really nice not to have anything else to do.  That's pretty unusual for us. 

So after the movie I started making the pizza dough.  I let it rise for the time it said, and after that I grabbed David so he could help me stretch out the dough. I told David we had to divide the dough in half so we could make 2 smaller pizza's.  He got really excited because it was the perfect chance to use the ulu David's aunt gave us for a wedding present.  We don't use it all that often but it's nice when we do use it because it's so sharp.  So I turn around while David's cleaning off the ulu with a rag when I hear David yell out.  I turn around to see the rag on the floor, the ulu thrown in the sink, and David's hand dripping with blood.  While he was cleaning the ulu off, it cut through the rag and right through his finger. Well, not all the way through, but enough to see the fat.  So pizza making was put off for a little bit while I drove David to the doctor.  We got there 15 minutes before they closed which I was really glad for because it was a lot less expensive to go there than the hospital.  Here's a slightly graphic shot I took of the cut while at the doctor:

And David being gross while waiting for the stitches.

He ended up getting 4 stitches.  They gave him quite a bit of numbing medication and all night he kept updating me on how much more of his finger he could feel.  Since it's his right hand he has more trouble doing things like writing, getting dressed, or washing his hair but the really fun thing is going to be how he is going to play his cello (right where he cut his finger is where he puts most of the pressure while holding his bow) and working out at the cemetery where he shovels dirt and lays down sod.  Not too fun...

So after that hour long hiatus, we got back to making the pizza!  It was actually really good!  Here are a few shots of the night:

We were trying to take the picture of ourselves with us and the pizza...so that's why we are laying on the table....

It tasted pretty good!

So even though we had David's little accident, I think the night turned out pretty good.  I'm glad we were able to laugh through pretty much all of it.  And I'm also glad the night was ruined and we could still enjoy a good meal together!