First Thanksgiving

Yeah! We had a very nice Thanksgiving. Jason's family (Karen, Jeremy, and Brandon) came down. It has become a tradition for everyone to come down. We weren't expecting the family to come until Thursday afternoon, but were lucky to have them come late Wednesday night. As always, Jeremy and Elisha made a fantastic meal! Yeah candy yams;)

Gotta have a fork-in-the-mouth shot!

Thanksgiving cereal...

...Thanksgiving bottle...

...and Thanksgiving yams!

Thankful For...

It wouldn't be right to pass this wonderful day without giving some thanks. (We're doing this instead of going around the table).
Items are not in any specific order

Angels
Soldiers, especially Shea and his platoon
Baby Harrison
Baby breath
Family Kendall
Diapers
Family McCullough
Education
Religion
Close College
US Freedoms (voting, speech, religion, have +++ kids, choose career, go wherever whenever)
Driving
Jason's done with his capstone project
Home
Elisha has 4 months left
House/roof
Be able to travel
Jobs x 2
Been able travel
Cars
Have family all over the world, and close by
Airplanes
Make-up
Husband
Clothes
Wife
Chocolate
Bed
Electricity
Blankets
Grocery stores (thanks Harmon's!)
Heat
Harrison takes naps
Food
Harrison's smiles
Oven (we just recently - Tuesday - had to get ours fixed. Whew!)
Dishwasher
Extended family
Washing Machine (no hand washing unless I want to!)
Hot water
Letters in the mail (no bills, please)
Formula
Amazing teachers
Pre-made food
Moving films
Computers
Testimony
Amazing books
Gas stations that dot I-15
Comfy husband shoulder
Cute baby cheeks
Harrison's laugh
Harrison's determination

(Sorry it's long. I tried to make it 2 columns.)

Georgia with Shea

Two busy weekends in a row!

We were lucky to have the opportunity to go see Elisha's younger brother, Shea, who is stationed with the Army in Hinesville, Georgia (Ft. Stewart). It was so great, and we wish we could have stayed longer than one short weekend.

Last weekend started out by heading to Vegas on Thursday evening to stay with friends: Cambra, Andrew, and Jocelyn. Cambra was one of Elisha's mission companions, so it was fun to see her again - of course! It was a great, fun night full of playing, pizza and sweets.

Friday morning was early - too early. Our flight was at 7am! So, waking up at 4:30am was super fun! We did make it to our gate on time, with 45 minutes to spare. That worked better for Harrison, and we decided we'd wait until the last minute to get on all the rest of the planes.

After a 4 hour flight to Atlanta, a 3 hour layover, and an hour flight to Jacksonville, we made it! You might be thinking, "Jacksonville? Isn't the title Georgia?" Yep! Jacksonville just happens to be closer to our destination:)

We finally arrived at 5pm. Shea picked us up, but not in his limo, like he had said:(. We were excited with either way!

We got dinner at Krystal's, a cool hamburger place. They make the cutest, small burgers! It's a southern thing, so we had to go! Other nummy southern places we ate at were the Waffle House - wow! and Sonny's - amazingly REAL SOUTHERN BBQ!

Saturday we headed to Savannah's waterfront, an original line of shops from the colonial US times! It even still has where slaves were kept until they were sold in tunnel-like ports. The area across from the shops also has vendors, which was super fun! We spent ALL day here, and it was beautiful weather! We ended the day at Hilton Head, South Carolina. They were having a shrimp fest, so of course we ate some! WOW!

Yep, the river in the background at the historic Savannah port.

The 12 Tribes (a religous group) was showing and touring this ship, made in Brasil.

We headed back Sunday:( On the way, we stopped at Jekyll Island. What do you do on an island? You walk the beach!!! The weather was wonderful enough that is was a pleasure. Even Harrison's first time! Too bad the water felt chilly, or else he would have had to play in it.

Freaky horseshoe crab! They're very alien-like.

Shells in the cement! Cool!

Jekyll Island helps sea turtles who are sick or injured, so we got to check out and learn about them. It was way interesting and fun. Did you know we can't tell if a turtle is a male or female until they're 35 years old?!

Moss all over the tree. All the trees have moss with all those bogs and swamps.

The trip was wonderful, and we're SO glad we could see and spend time with Shea. Thanks for everything!

We liked playing with Sadie!

Homecoming 2009, "Lucky"

Our Homecoming dance is over, but it was a blast! The eventual event was nothing like what was planned, but the night was quite a success.

Our original plans were to go for a ride on the Heber Valley Railroad's Comedy Murder Mystery Dinner Train. Hence the train in the background of the poster. Sadly, the railroad called the day before to cancel because the cast had H1N1.

We had less than 24 hours to scramble for plans. Thankfully, Jeremy came to my rescue. Within minutes he found us a backup plan in Park City.

After a fun family dinner, Elisha and I went on a double date with Jeremy and Brandon to the Egyptian Theatre for a night of stand-up comedy. Unfortunately, some of the acts balanced funny with vulgar, but overall we were able to enjoy the evening.

The best part: Jeremy and Brandon slipped away from dinner early and headed back to our hotel so they could decorate the room to look like a Homecoming dance should. They left flowers on the table, a bottle of sparkling cider in a bucket of ice, and this year's song was repeating on the CD player. There were streamers hanging from the walls, and lots of good luck charms everywhere.

Elisha wasn't expecting the tinsel on the floor, it was the first thing she noticed as we walked through the door. While I was busy turning on the fireplace, she thought the room had been broken into and trashed. Once she heard the music playing, she realized what was going on. Of course, then her heart melted.

Thanks for your help guys.

Namaw

Namaw (Jason's mom) came to visit for Halloween. We love having family come, and it was a special treat. She even joined in on our Scooby Do costume set, which made it super fun! We didn't go anywhere, besides Jason's work. So, really, we dressed up just 'cuz. Namaw's Velma, Elisha's Daphne, Jason's Shaggy, and Harrison's Scooby. Harrison zonked out while putting on his costume.

Halloween's fun, and we hope you had a great one!




Oh, we also found this ghoul wandering around our yard. We decided to adopt him:) (thanks Aimee!)