On the nineteenth, I got to Utah at four in the morning Boston time and slept in... so did Alex. Patrick came the night before Thanksgiving. We celebrated Patrick's upcoming birthday with Catherine, Mike, my parents, awesome gifts and a birthday pie. The next day we had so much fun feasting on the food that Steve, Catherine, mom and I had spent several days making.
Catherine made many wonderful pies. Steven's turkey was a fabulous brine cured turkey with a mustard and pomegranate molasses glaze. I made the place cards and a cranberry tart. Mom made cranberry jalapeno relish, sweet potatoes and thai chili seasoned beans which complimented the turkey. The food was fabulous. There were hardly any leftovers as we all stuffed ourselves to the point of ridiculousness.
The best part of the trip was hanging with family. On Thanksgiving night Alex was tired and he started to cry. Carsen has this idea that everytime Alex cries that we should sing to him. The cool thing about Carsen's idea is that it works really well. Carsen got Melissa, Dad and I to join in on the singing.
The Friday after Thanksgiving was spent with the Barnes. We went to Redrock Brewing Company for lunch as a family and celebrated Patrick's birthday. It was especially fun to see Laura. It feels like it has been ages since we have seen her. She looked great by the way. (and she had an awesome new ski parka.) By the way Laura we have already seen Ratatouille three times and Alex loves it.
Saturday morning as we were leaving Patrick's cousins came by and we saw Bill and Ali.
We then watched Utah lose the Byu/Utah game. But on a happier note Alex and Kathy and Riverett Knutsen came up from provo to see us!!!!!!!!! Kathy looks great. I can't believe she is having a baby this spring. We are so excited for them. They call the baby Riverett. (I am not sure if that it how you spell it.) They find out if they are having a boy or a girl just before we come back into town at Christmas time. What an awesome Christmas they will have full of anticipation and excitement.
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