Snow day/Thanksgiving

So I wrote this whole post a few days ago, and then our little toddler decided to run up and knock my phone out of my hand to be funny, which deleted the entire thing. Oh the joys of 2 year olds. 

The weekend I came back from being down in the valley we were supposed to get snow. When we woke up Saturday it didn't look promising. We went into town to meet Michael and McKinzie for lunch at Darby's. By the time we got there we were getting flakes. We sat at a table next to a large window and got to watch as the snow picked up and fell onto the ground. It was so serene. The trees were covered as we were heading back home. Later that night we met up with Rob and his family to see the hunger games. We sat in a small ice cream shop and sipped hot chocolate while we waited for the movie to start. Hallie fell asleep when we sat down in the theater so we were able to watch the whole thing. The snow hadn't really stuck yet in Show Low. But when we woke up the next morning we had a fresh coat of snow. We got bundled up and went outside. The dogs had never been in snow and surprisingly did well. They enjoyed running around in it. We attempted to make a snowman, but the snow was so powdery it was tough. So we uses the snow off Tyler's truck to make snowballs and of course Hallie loved throwing them at us. She thought the snow was fun until her hands got snow on them thru her gloves. Then wen came inside to warm up and made a hot breakfast. The snow started to melt when we got home from church, but it was fun while it lasted! 

Our Thanksgiving was really relaxed. The morning of we laid around and watched movies. I made a green bean casserole in the afternoon and we headed over to Robs house for dinner. The food was all delicious of course and we stuffed ourselves till we couldn't any longer. Even Hallie ate really well. She surprised us this year by being a huge fan of turkey. She still won't touch mashed potatoes tho. At 6 Tyler and I left Hallie and headed to Walmart. I know...there was a huge deal with people upset that stores were open on Thanksgiving day. But when what your kid is asking for is on sale and you're trying to pinch your pennies, you gotta do what you gotta do. So we went. The entire parking lot was full. So was the Wendy's, Panda Express, and Home Depot next door (none of these places were even open..just people for Walmart). We split up so ty could go grab the bike and I wanted to look at movies. After 20 mins of being pushed around trying to even get close enough to look at the movies, I gave up and met up with Tyler. We found all of what we wanted to get Hallie and we were done. We were in and out in an hour..which is pretty dang good with how crazy hectic it was. I think we just finished faster than everyone else. I went back the next morning for a chance to look at movies and there was nothing left. Black Friday was completely outdone by their sales on thanksgiving this year. We enjoyed the rest of our weekend together. I didn't get one picture of us this year tho :(

Valley Fever

A week ago we took a trip down to the valley. Tyler had drill Saturday and Sunday, and my brother Clay was leaving on his mission that week so it worked out well. Kinda...we ended up having to take both cars down which killed us on gas. We drove down on Friday, and Clay was leaving to the MTC the next Wednesday which I wanted to be there for, but Tyler had to be back up Monday afternoon. We stayed with Picos on Friday and met up with my brothers to take family pictures before Clay left. We hadn't had pictures done for maybe 5 years, so I'm excited to have new ones. A lot has changed! Tyler got up super early Saturday and left to drill, so Hallie and I hung out with grandma and grandpa for most the day. We met up with Tyler at my dads for dinner and then went back to Picos. I went to my moms early Sunday morning and we all went to church where Clay was speaking for his first time. He did awesome! We went home and started cooking, because we were having our thanksgiving dinner early so clay could be there with us. Tyler didn't end up getting to be there for dinner because he wasn't released in time, but it was still so fun. I love my crazy family. We ate and played games and took pictures. Monday  Tyler headed back up north and got his first ticket in 3 years :( Hallie and I just hung around my moms and helped clay pack. Tuesday night the whole family went to dinner and then Clay got set apart as a missionary. We woke up early on Wednesday and made our way to the airport where we said our goodbyes for two years. So hard. I already miss the kid like crazy. When he gets back, Raegan will be the exact same age as Hallie was when Chad got home. I don't know why I have to be 6 months pregnant when my brothers leave, it makes me more emotional! Thursday we spent the morning with my mom and then we headed back up that afternoon. Hallie wasn't feeling good at all and was running a fever. She ended up throwing up later that night and then was fine. It was an eventful week so the time flew by, but I am so thankful for the time I was able to be down there. I absolutely adore my family. They are the weirdest, craziest people I know..but it sure makes for a good time. I am so thankful for their relationship with Hallie, she just loves them and it's nice for me to be able to get a break sometimes. We miss all of them being up here, but it's made our relationships grow stronger and I love that.