Jump On It , Thanksgiving, And Then Some

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we took the kids to my sister's house to let my mom bake and get ready for the next day in peace. Brody was so excited to go see his cousin Brooklyn. He loves to play with her and has recently called her his "best friend". I don't know where he picked that one up, but it is cute. We hung out at her house and let the kids play while Lindsey and I made hair bows and flowers and John watched TV. After a while, the kids got pretty restless, so we spent the afternoon at a jump place in Lindon. It had trampolines everywhere and some bounce houses and giant slides. As you can imagine, it was pretty crowded being around the holiday, which made Brody very intimidated and he refused to go on anything. Good thing it was free and the whole afternoon cost us nothing!

Brooklyn had been there before, so she was a pro.

Here was Brody's reaction. Classic!

Then he warmed up and was soon loving it.

Piper and daddy on the sidelines.Piper having her chance to jump.Brody wanted Piper to come jump with him, so he pulled her out there.He jumped while she bounced. It was pretty funny to see her reaction.Brother and sister having fun together.We caught a video of it too.

Now on to the slides.

Brody was brave enough to go down standing up.Brody took Piper down on her first ride.Still a little unsure even on her second time down.There is a smile!Piper had fun after all. Actually, we all had fun. If I lived there, I am sure I would be going couple times a week just to get all my kids' energy out through the cooped-up winter.

The next day we celebrated Thanksgiving with my whole family, my parents, Brandon and Lindsey and kidlets, Dennis and Mataya, and us. There was a lot of football, good traditional eats and wonderful company. We are very thankful that we were blessed with a great family and a chance to spend the holiday with them this year.

On Black Friday, we did venture out for a little shopping, but not at the crazy am hours like some people I know. We headed out around 11 am and were surprised to find that it wasn't all that bad. We still ended up finding some really good deals at Target, Seagull book and various other places where the majority of people weren't going. Then we made it back home, hung around a while and then went out to eat at one of my favorite places, Cafe Rio. By the way, just noticed that the one by my house is now open! So excited! After dinner, my dad, John and Brody went home, and Piper, my mom and I headed to University mall to see what else we could find. After shopping most of the night, I walked away with a pair of new shoes. Thanks Mom! It was a good day and a good week.