THANKSGIVING!

Joel, Ellie, and I were lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving with my Family in AZ. It's a nice break to get away from the much colder weather of Idaho. Its not going to be easy going back. We had quite the eventful week. We arrived in AZ Tuesday evening, just in time for a wonderful home cooked meal. Wednesday a few of us girls went to go see a matinée showing of Twilight. I know I'm just NOW seeing it, but lets be honest it was a little disappointing. The book was much better. But hey, what can you do? Then that night we had an early Christmas with the Wardrop side at my Uncle Dan and Aunt Tami's house. Its not every year that were all together, so it was fun having that memory with each other. Thursday was the BIG Day! The boys played football and basketball in the morning then we had our big feast around 2 at Grandma and Grandpa Wardrop's house. Family pictures were after that. I'll be honest, it was a little hard smiling for so many pictures with very full tummies. They turned out great though. Best of all we had some wounderful pies once we were done with pictures. My Aunt Kari and Tami make the best pies known to man. Thanks guys! Friday was the big shopping day, and boy did we shop. We found a few great deals but nothing to rave about. It was an exausting morning. That night we had a fun game night at Uncle Dan and Aunt Tami's house. We played a mad game of "apples to apples" with all the cousions. I'll have to admit-- I took the trophy on that one! Joel has some mad ping-pong skills and wii tennis has become our new favorite game. Saturday our Family was able to go visit Joel's oldest brother and his family in Joeseph City, AZ. It was a 3 hour drive, but definetly worth it. They have a few horses so we got to go riding. If your looking for a good laugh come watch Joel ride. He's a natural. Ellie loved it too. Im pretty sure she loves any animal no matter what size they are. She's our very own animal loving, outdoor playing little girl. She couldnt have been happier. We traveled back to the valley on Sunday and that night we got to celebrate Ellie's 1st Birthday a day eairly. It was so fun watching her dig into her own birthday cake and rip into her birthday presents. I can't believe she's already a year old. She's growing up too fast!
I just want to say how thankful I am for my Family. They are so very special to us. Heavenly Father has blessed us in so many ways. Its always a joy spending time with them. This time of Thanksgiving has really put that into perspective for us and we couldn't be more happy. We love you guys!!!