Holiday Weekend

I'm slapping myself for not grabbing the camera and taking a few pictures...and it's so easy w/a point-and-shoot digital!!

So a quick review. Parents came into town on Wednesday and we all went to dinner at Buca de Beppo and then off to the Conference Center Theater for Savior of the World, a musical play about the life of Christ. Very well done, very professional and very appropriate for the holiday season.

Thursday was turkey day starting w/the ward's annual turkey bowl. I understand that the Gonzalez boys were responsible for 9 interceptions including one by Jared. He certainly came home w/a smile on his face. It was a gorgeous day, plenty of sunshine. I was up busy starting on holiday meal preparations. R got called out and was gone for nearly seven hours, but we pushed back dinner just a bit so that he could join us. I went w/mom and dad later afternoon to see Jeana and her new baby boy, Evan. Jeana had delivered Tuesday and got home from the hospital Thursday morning. We didn't stay long as it looked like she was tired, plus she got two carloads of company, so we headed back to the house. My dad was driving and I honestly don't know how we didn't get in a major accident. I think the guardian angels were doing double time. It shook my dad up so much that he decided not to drive up to visit Val, which had been the earlier plan. I offered to drive my parents, but they decided to stay home. R had been called out again and didn't get home until 11 p.m.

Ah, Black Friday. I was up at 3:30 to hit the JC Penney 4 a.m. opening. R decided that he would go out, too. Unbelievable. He has never done that. Anyway, because I chatted w/R I got away a bit later, but I got some clothing items at Penneys and then headed to RC Willey to get in line for the 8 a.m. opening. R went to the 5 a.m. opening at Target, got J's coveted iPod Touch and some DVDs. He then joined me later at RC Willey. Was kind of nice to have a bit of company. It was a really cold morning. I had him bring me over another blanket as I was cold--clear skies meant for colder temps. Anyway, was close enough in the line that we both got our $25 gift certificates and I got the voucher for a $50 iPod Nano which I'm going to load w/songs and give to my parents for Christmas. (and no my parents don't read my blog so no ruining their Christmas surprises). Oh ya, we got some cheap DVD player and the movie Up, both for $10. Sure, some say that getting up early and standing in line in the freezing cold isn't worth the doorbuster deals, but I say it's only once a year and I personally quite enjoy the planning and execution. Anyway, Dad likes to listen to my iPod, which I hardly use, so I should just give him mine...but for $50 he can have his own. R bought the flat screen for downstairs that he has been wanting. It will be delivered this week.

Finally, Saturday. Got a good night's sleep, which I so desperately needed. I was so tired Friday night that I could not make myself get dressed and out the door to a wedding reception which I really wanted to attend. Anyway, Saturday was great. Worked in the morning, ran errands in the afternoon and watched the huge rivalray season-ending game of BYU vs. Utah which once again went down to a close game with BYU winning by a touchdown over a field goal in overtime. Here's my one-and-only picture of the weekend activities of the game meal. Dang, the picture won't paste in here. See picture above. Let's just say R is ecstatic about the blue win, but I have some very sad red-loving boys. In fact, one of V's friends came over last night and spray painted the lawn with the letters BYU and the final score. LOL.

Now it's Sunday morning and the house is quiet. I have no early-morning meetings but R is long gone, got called out. BTW: He went the whole 12 hours yesterday of call being able to stay home and enjoy the day including the big game. I hate it when I have the chance to sleep in and I can't make it past 6 a.m. Maybe it's because I'm such a morning person, actually got up Monday morning at 3 a.m. (yuck, had to finish work by 7 a.m. and get J to the orthodontist in Murray by 8). Anyway, that's why I'm up and blogging. Probably should be reading my scriptures and getting into the spirit of the day----