Utah Holiday

Olivia and her cousins creating their turkeys.

Nathan's Batturkey Apple


This Thanksgiving we traveled to Utah to be with Casey's family. We were a little reluctant, for fear of the weather, but the mild weather held out and we made the trip. (With studded snow tires, courtesy of my parents. Thank you! Just in case.) On the way we were able to stop and see my grandparents and were treated to my grandma Manship's famous sourdough pancakes in the morning. My picky kids love them! They are so awesome to let us crash there for the night. It brings back memories of when I made the trip with my parents, seems like it was just yesterday. I wish we could stay longer and visit, but our time is always short and my kids are always wild.


So we made it to Utah on Wednesday night and the girls were so excited that they got to do their Apple Turkeys with all their cousins! This is a Baldwin tradition that they have done forever, and our kids seriously love it. I mean who wouldn't? You've got apples and never ending candy, how could you go wrong! Brooklyn was very concerned that Grandma Baldwin didn't announce a winner. So she asked her who won. (Grandma told Brooklyn it was her, of course.)


Thursday was Thanksgiving and we ALL ate at the Baldwin's house. By ALL I mean all I mean all 39 of us! It was a PACKED house! And it was so fun! Every one of Casey's siblings were there, with their kids. Plus Casey's grandma Baldwin. The food was extra good because this is the first year in quite awhile Casey and I didn't have any kids on our lap, or have to spoon feed anyone. We actually got to sit down and eat and visit! Crazy! Then later took family pictures of course. No smiles, no pie.


The next day I had the chance to go on a photo shoot with my sister-in-law and pick her brain about photography/photoshop. I am so glad I went! She also gave me some great tips for photoshop that will save me hours! Then we did some lite shopping while we were in Salt Lake. (I hope I didn't tire her out too much) But mostly it was just fun to hang out with her. We don't get to see each other very often.

That night Casey wanted all the cousins to play dodge ball at the Church. As soon as we got there Nathan threw up all over the car! GROSS, GROSS! I went home and took care of that, then later that night Brooklyn threw up! (This is becoming a bad Utah tradition for my kids!) The next day we just kind of hung out at the house and played the wii. That night all the guys went to a Jazz game. Casey got a kick out of Easton trying to find the "free prize" at the bottom of the popcorn bag.

The next morning we headed up to see Heidi and Ryan. Nathan had be looking forward to going to "Cohen's house" all week. He was so excited to see Cohen's transformers! They were so cute showing each other their pajamas.

Nathan "You Mario?"

Cohen "Yeah, you transformers?"

N "Yeth, optimsprime"

C "Oh.....I have Mario."

Then Cohen gives Nathan a big hug, Nathan thinks for a moment then decides to hug back, and Cohen kisses him on the cheek. Pretty stinkin cute! Way better than the beating they gave each other this summer!

We drove home early the next morning.
Pretty fun trip. Minus the barfing, of course.