Thankgiving Recap in All It's Awesomeness

Thanksgiving this year was a BLAST! Not only were we in WARM Phoenix, but we were surrounded by the BEST company. I forgot my camera, so try to imagine the pictures in your head as you read on. Highlights include (in no particular order):

• Staying in the awesome Casita that Derrick so graciously gave up for us.
• Getting to said Casita to find it stocked to the hilt with all of Alice's FAV treats (THANKS ALEXA!)
• Seeing the Zoo Lights where Alice screamed in terror during the Camel ride and I laughed until I peed a little. (video and pics to come)
• Seeing Lita and Pop!
• Playing with Alice's Cousins: Ty, Elijah, Mea, and Marcus. Alice could NOT get enough of these kids and was constantly trying to wrestle or kiss them. Alice still talks about her "cuzzins" and misses them.
• Seeing Jenny, Jeff, Bret and Amber!
• Swimming in the freezing pool.
• Hangin' with Mel and John!
• Alice's new best friend, "Truffles". Alice asks to go back to "Derrick's House" everyday to play with Truffles. I think Truffles missed us too, he tried to hide in the car when we left. He's so cute, we ALMOST thought about stealing him.
• The drive was actually AWESOME. We went down with Gramma Barb, and Grandpa Raynes, which was so fun, and Alice and Scarlet were little DOLLS.
• Thanksgiving Dinner at Laundy's house was DELISH! There was this thing called the cornbake. I think its my new religion, I loved it so much. (Alexa will make it for Christmas)
• Grandma Yoli gave Alice a TON of Dora presents. She loved every single one.
• Scarlet spewing her cuteness from every pore. Seriously, that kid is so freaking cute.
• Black Friday shopping with Alexa where I got ALL my Christmas shopping done. (thanks Mel for hauling it all back to Utah for me)
• Alice waking up in the middle of the night screaming in pain, when I asked her where it hurt she said, "MY WHOLE LIFE!" Oh, my little 2-year old teenager.

All in all, it was SUPER fun. Alexa and Derrick are wonderful hosts and made us so comfortable in their house. (Her and Derrick slept on the couch the whole weekend. HEART THEM!) It was so fun to reconnect with the Farnsworth Family. HEART THEM! And the food and company was divine. Thanks everyone for making it so wonderful.