Woah Nelly

I have now been sitting at my computer for almost two hours strengthening my relationship with the Internet. My eyes are burning and my left butt cheek is numb but hey, I was able to watch Brad Pitt's Oprah interview on YouTube (with Portuguese subtitles), I found out that a friend is expecting her third child, I left a few comments for old pals, watched several music videos, listened to momversation, and got my dooce addiction satisfied---all while petting the purring sleeping precious feline that was on my lap!
After a week of crazy school papers and busyness at work it sure feels good to veg out. And the best part is that tomorrow the weekend starts! Hurray for weekends.

Anyhoo...here are some pics from our Pre, During, and Post Thanksgiving Festivities...

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1. Nate's cool wooden birthday postcard that I got at Frosty Darling.

2. Nate's birthday breakfast. Homemade blueberry scones with Clementines.

3. We celebrated Nate's birthday early since his birthday landed on Thanksgiving day this year (27 on the 27th--his golden year) and I wanted him to have his own day. We went to dinner at The Dodo and then I told him we had reservations somewhere. Well, if you know Nate his idea of a perfect weekend is staying up late watching movies and eating treats. So before he got home from work I set up our tv in our bedroom (which is unusual for us because we aren't tv in the bedroom kind of people) and I rented several movies and got all sorts of gummy sugary snacks. He loved that we had the theatre all to ourselves and the most comfortable seats--our bed!

We spent Thanksgiving day at The Tew's and had a tasty meal.

Pictured on the left is my Thanksgiving dinner complete with faux meat, Georgia's delicious yams and apples, mashed potatoes with vege gravy and some Martinelli's to wash it down. Pictured on the right is my worst nightmare. Not Kristy, but the vein ridden dark meat leg of a once frolicking turkey. She actually was grossed out by it too and after posing for this picture didn't really eat it.


The Gang

Happy Birthday Nate!

Then on Friday we drove up to Kamas to hang out with my granparents and my family who drove up from Colorado.

We played games galore and laughed at each other while playing Malarky.

Grandma gave me this great chip and dip bowl that was given to her as a wedding present in 1951! I also brought some old photographs home to scan--I think I'll feature one tomorrow.

Then on Sunday morning my friend Val from BYU-Idaho stopped by to say hi on her way back to Boise.

Here is our prom picture:

And here is her adorable 4 month old baby Carter: