Thanksgiving week

The weekend before Thanksgiving we took off for a 10 day trip to Idaho! We had some rental things to take care of in Twin Falls and got to see some great friends while we were there and then we went to my moms for the week while Chad went back to Utah to work for a few days. It was fun getting to help my mom with Thanksgiving festivities. Carter and Mollie stayed busy playing with toys and dress up clothes and were really good the whole week. The kids even got in on helping make rolls, cheese ball and pies. We had a turkey-less thanksgiving because a pie spilled in the oven and by the time my mom got it cooled down cleaned up it was time to put the turkey in but we still had one more pie to bake. So we threw the turkey in the roaster oven with 4 hours to cook....it wasn't long enough. At 9PM our turkey was finally finished. But there is always so much food at family gatherings it wasn't missed at all! Our Reed family gathered Wed night at my parents house for dinner. We all sat around the ping pong table and ate and shared what we were thankful for. My grandparents were able to come and it is always so humbling to hear the things they are grateful for. All week long everyone kept feeling the need to photograph my pregnant belly! Don't mind the shots where the flash shows right through my shirt!! Thursday morning we went to Arco to have yet another Thanksgiving dinner and spend a few days there. We really got our share of goodies there. On Saturday my cousin Ericka threw a "baby sprinkle" for me. It was fun to see more family and get together. We played a few games and ate yummy food. One funny game was called Tinkle in the Pot where you had to walk with a ping pong ball between your knees and drop it into a jar at the other end. Not as easy as it might sound!! The baby got some really cute things including a crocheted bee costume from my aunt. (My dad raises bees so bees are the new rage at our house!) By sunday I was completely exhausted and we headed for home with a completely loaded down car. We got a flat tire on top of Malad summit and had to unload our whole car to change the tire and pay quite a bit of money to get someone to come sell us a new tire. But it was so worth it to be home and sleep in my own bed after 10 days of being gone! Now its time to hunker down and get christmas all taken care of and get this baby girl here!!