Thanksgiving Holiday

This is about a fourth of the junk food that we munched on during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Ben's Dad and Beverly came for six days and we had so much fun with them. Ironically, this is the only picture I took with our camera. All of the other pictures were taken with phones and so I don't have them on the computer yet.

Tuesday: We were supposed to go to Salt Lake for Grandpa Allsop's 80th Surprise birthday party at the Lion House. Due to the "Storm of all storms" they had to move it to the next day. Instead we went with Dad, Beverly, Grandpa and Grandma to Grandpa's favorite restaurant, Golden Corral. We got there 5 minutes after 6 and they said they were closed due to the weather. Grandpa was persistent and we got in but we only had "45 minutes to eat because they were on lockdown." We shoveled in the food that was actually amazing. I was a fan. We were the last ones to leave the restaurant and the employees waved us off as if we were off to our doom. Luckily, the storm never really came...

Wednesday: Made french toast and eggs for breakfast. Troy ate just as many eggs as Ben. I wonder if their related. Grandpa's 80th birthday party at the Lion House was spectacular. Amazing dinner and rolls, a slideshow and pretty much everyone in the family came except for those in Hawaii and missions. After the party the clan went to the grocery store to get the items in the picture above, as well as other treats, drinks, and snacks. We watched "How to Train Your Dragon" and we Loved it.

Thursday: Thanksgiving at Aunt Sues with reruns of BYU-Utah games in the background. The kids and Ben played basketball outside in the 10 degree weather. Troy loved their big house and just ran around throwing a ball at anyone who would throw it back. After the incredible and beautiful thanksgiving feast we went to Grandma and Grandpa Allsop's for some snarf (a game.) It got pretty intense, which made it all the more fun :) That night consisted of more snacking and movie watching probably.

Friday: Black Friday. We were participators of the Black Friday shopping craze. We convinced Dad and Bev to go with us. I got up early for a specific secret gift and came back to leave with everyone to the rest of the stores. We hit Kohls, Maceys, Sports Authority, and R C Willey. Troy was such a trooper. He was completely occupied in Sports Authority because of all the balls. He just fell asleep in Ben's arms at our last stop. Dad and Bev spoiled us to no end, Ben got some basketball shoes (he has bloody feet every Tuesday after basketball, so I'm very grateful), and Troy got a toddler bed!! It's beautiful and we can't wait to set it up. I want to switch him before the baby comes. Many other gifts were bought at great prices. It was a very successful Black Friday!

Friday night we went to Macaroni Grill with Dad, Bev, Brittany, Aaron, and Brayden. Troy destroyed his area of the table with crayons and water. We had so much fun talking and laughing. After dinner we made another stop at Smith's to get more treats and drinks. We watched August Rush while we pigged out for the fourth night in a row. :)

Saturday: Stayed at the house in the morning to catch our breath and then headed out for some more shopping at Kohls. We got back in time for the game. We had family over at our clubhouse to watch a very fun and intense BYU-Utah game. We had tons of pizza, drinks, chips, dips, veggies, and candy. Aaron was the only Ute fan, so the ending wasn't very exciting :) Ben took it really well though! He was proud of our cougars. We headed to temple square that night to look at the lights and drink hot chocolate. Troy was so bundled he could barely see. He couldn't really move but he was warm, so he was ok with it. The lights were so beautiful. My favorite was walking through the trees by the conference center to our car.

Sunday: We all went to church and Ben and I stayed while Dad and Bev left home for a very long trip due to a gas truck spill on the freeway. We were sad to see them go, but they are coming back in a couple weeks! After ward choir we headed to Ben's mom's for dinner and it was nice to catch up with her and hear about black Friday over a delicious meal. She is the queen of black Friday.

Sunday night we had a Kalza reunion at the Garzas! Oh we loved seeing them!! Troy followed Jay around the whole time, who is four. We stayed as late as we could to soak up their company, but Troy didn't want to sleep in his port-a-crib, so we left. I hope to see Melissa and little Brooklyn again before they leave.

It was a blast of a Thanksgiving Holiday to say the least!