Thanksgiving!!

The Thanksgiving break turned out to be an absolute blast for our little family! On Wednesday, we had Jared and Sammie over to watch movies and hang out! Sammie slept over at our house, and we stayed up for hours talking and watching "27 Dresses" while Riley slept. Thanksgiving Day consisted of us going to Riley's house for food, and then we went to the Gateway with my family to see "Blind Side". Great movie, by the way. It's very clean and family friendly, so it comes highly recommended by us!

Then Black Friday came along...and it came in all its glory. Jordan and Alyssa slept over at our house and we awoke bright and early (well, not exactly bright, it was 4 am). We made our way to pick up Jessie in the pitch black, and then we went to WalMart to do some people-watching. We needed absolutely nothing at WalMart, but it was hilarious to see the fights and verbal abuse go on between customers. Ripping things out of hands/carts, and running around like mad trying to get everything on their lists. After a few minutes of this entertainment, we walked over to Target to see what good deals we could score. We made off like bandits with seasons 1-4 of The Office, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, a DVD upconverter and a converter box for our TV so we can get the regular programs.

The line wasn't too bad, and we got out pretty quick. The five of us (Riley, Jessie, Jordan, Alyssa, and me) went to IHOP for some breakfast, and then Riley and I went home and took a nap! A few hours later, we decided to continue on our quest for good deals, so we went to Kohl's and found a vacuum! Same vacuum that we were GOING to purchase at Target, but ended up saving over 200 bucks buying it at Kohl's! That was an adventure, but we got a great deal on a sweet vacuum. Go us.

Friday night I did some shopping with my Grandma and Aunt. I found Riley two cute sweaters, that he ended up liking and actually fitting in! Yay!! We also found a cute Christmas wreath that's now hanging in my house. After our shopping adventure, I went to dinner with some high school friends to the Olive Garden. We had a great time giggling about our creepy waiter, and just catching up. Great time!!

Saturday we went to my family's annual "Saturday after Thanksgiving" event. We went up to my Aunt and Uncle's church and enjoyed the afternoon surrounded by family. We ate a ridiculous amount of food, played a little basketball, and had the opportunity to watch a few of my family members show off their talents at the 'Talent Show'. My grandpa is so proud of his family and loves being able to see all of their individual talents, so this show is put on every year. It's so much fun to watch him take everything in. What a neat man I'm blessed to have as my grandfather.

We were informed 2 hours previous to the actual event, that Riley's mom side of the family was also having a get together at their church in Centerville, so after we left my family party we made our way to his. We were greeted with warm welcomes because I had worn some U of U apparel. Talk about "cleansing the Gold family, one generation at a time". Hahaha.

Then, the highly anticipated game had finally arrived. The legendary BYU vs. U of U day of rivalry had come. After an intense, yet incredibly sloppy game, BYU ended up winning 26-23. Disappointing ending, but a fun time nonetheless.

Sunday we attended our ward, and had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. I'm an amazing chef, by the way. Who knew, right? Ha. I'll never be able to duplicate the meatball recipe though. I just threw in a little bit of everything here and there, but it turned out really yummy!

We watched The Amazing Race, only to be greeted with another disappointment. One of the house favorites, the Harlem Globetrotters got eliminated. You'll be dearly missed Flight-Time and Big Easy...

Oh and as a funny sidenote, I learned that Max Hall dislikes me. Hates, actually. In fact, he hates everything about the U. The program, the administration, the fans. Everything. We're a classless school, and he loved beating us.

Yikes. Looks like your true colors really DO show through in the heat of the moment. Please read this article by Amy Donaldson in the Deseret News that I find incredibly satisfying. Here's the link... http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705348028/Halls-pain-a-reflection-of-self-betrayal.html