After a long week of finals, I flew up to Idaho to go and celebrate my 2 weeks of Thanksgiving break with our families. We have been blessed to only have our families live 30 miles apart, even though it makes for a lot of back and forth traveling. Our first stop was to see The Anderson clan to meet baby Gentri D. Anderson, the newest addition. It was snowing when I flew into SLC and yes, I had been praying all day for the snow. It snowed a foot that night, it was AWESOME.
On the way to Idaho from Utah we met up with one of my old friends from American Falls and caught up over some great food. It was so good to see Angie and her hubby Jacob. It is crazy to think that we have been gone for 2.5 years, time flies when you are having fun!
Ryan was still working Monday thru Thursday 7-3 so I had the days to hit the road and visit more family. Next stop was to go and see the other new addition in The Twiss clan! I got to meet Hunter Ann Twiss, play with Gunner and play some basketball with my sister's high school JV team.
Next was some quality parental time at the good ole Tres Hermanos. NOTHING in AZ can beat this quality Mexican food.
We also took Tanner out on a cold winter ride with the horses. It was actually perfect weather, no wind just cold, my favorite kind of ride. Pretty sure I have 100% convinced Ryan we WILL have horses. One step at a time making this city boy into a full COUNTRY boy.
I headed back down to Utah for 2 days to help my sister out and luckily they still had snow. So Harper and I played in it, ate it, and colored the snow! It was so much fun. I love the winter and will use any excuse to be outside.
Then it was time for the annual Christmas tree hunt! Someday we will be able to actually participate and bring a tree home, but we just help entertain, pick out trees, and carry kids for now. There wasn't as much snow as in past years, but there was still plenty to play in. Jonathan decided to start a new tradition of not "sawing" the tree down, but to use a hatchet instead, sometimes you just go with things and nod.
Ryan and Papa Finn were lucky enough to get to put up the Christmas lights in decent weather.
We celebrated Thanksgiving with the Finn clan the sunday before since we were headed to Sundance with the Hess Honey's. After dinner we made some ornaments for Jordy to hang on his homemade Christmas tree. Ryan made Jordy smiling while being a missionary and I made him on a horse and posing as an Abercrombie model like his senior pictures. One thing about my brother-in-laws is they don't like clothes??? Pretty sure I have seen then more with their shirts off then on.
We were lucky to be in Idaho when they rededicated the Boise Temple. It was a beautiful dedication. We are so lucky to have temples all over the world and to do the wonderful work inside of them. This dedication was such a testimony builder for Ryan and I.
And before you know it, your two weeks of fun is over! It was such a fun trip for the both of us. I think Ryan got some good family time being in Idaho for 4 weeks. We are now back hitting the books and enjoying the winter weather in Arizona, 80 degrees.
