Thanksgiving and putting up Christmas decorations

We decided to have Thanksgiving at home this year. We counted how many times we had to travel to SLC in the last year, and it was a lot (I think it ended up being 8 or something crazy like that), and we just didn't feel up to doing it again. We stayed home and I cooked. It probably wasn't the greatest meal, and we were kind of sad to not get to see any family, but it was SO NICE just to be home together.


I grew up with the tradition of putting up Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving, so I've kind of tried to keep that going with my own family. I just can't do black friday shopping, because of my tendency to have a panic attack in such large crowds, so it was nice to stay home again. This will be Ivy's first real experience with Christmas. Technically, she was around for Christmas last year, but being stuck in the hospital did not get to see a single christmas light or anything, so she really enjoyed playing with the lights and trying to take bulbs off the tree.



Scott spent pretty much the whole weekend outside putting lights on the house. In the pictures it looks warm, but it really wasn't, plus the wind was blowing and making it even more cold. So Scott is a real trooper. The perfectionist in him spent hours making sure no chords were showing, and that everything was straight and symetrical, but the results are amazing!