November/Thanksgiving

Okay people, sorry it's taken a while to get on the computer. This break has been pretty crazy with the holiday season, and it just seems to keep going and going. Thanksgiving was great. We spent it at Lisa's parents home and actually ate early since Denise and Jared (Lisa's siblings) had to go to work. After the feast we just hung out at the house and picked at leftovers for the rest of the day if we got hungry again. We watched some thanksgiving movies; "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," (which is a tradition in both Scotts and Lisa's family to watch every year for thanksgiving), and "The Ultimate Gift," which just came out this year, but we like it, so we watched it as a big family as well.
After Thanksgiving we went to temple square during the weekend to show Crystal the lights and enjoy some holiday fun with Todd, Megan, Johnny, and Dani. (From scott's side of the family.) Then we went to Macaroni grill to enjoy some warm food because it was freezing.


We also set up the Christmas tree, which is fun with a nearly two year old because she was so excited she couldn't stop squealing the whole time. Daddy would unwrap an ornament and give it to Crystal, and Crystal would walk it across the room to Mommy and Mommy would hang it on the tree. Now Crystal insists on watching T.V. on the floor next to the tree because she likes to be next to it at all times.

So we've been having some fun.
Getting ready for Christmas is always fun. We went and bought some toys already (also during thanksgiving weekend), to get some holiday deals and get Crystal's presents ready. Just being in the toy store was an exciting field trip for her. The great thing about toddlers is they don't really care about the expensive stuff yet. When Lisa was three she wanted a little plastic alligator to play with in the tub. When her youngest brother was about that age he wanted a bag of marbles to play with. Crystal seemed the most happy by a little mock cell phone and some plastic bath toys...(she's obsessed with bathtoys, much like her mom was).
We're also planning on going to the Festival of trees tomorrow since Crystal is so obsessed with Christmas trees.
In a few weeks we're taking off to spend our Christmas in Philadelphia with Scott's family, which will be fun because we don't get to see them that often. Scott's parents are nice enough to fly us out there as a graduation present to Scott...who's graduating in a couple of weeks. Life has been busy and will continue to be for the next couple of months with some of the stuff that we have planned and some other things that have come up.
Well sorry if this update has been a little long and maybe boring. I'll try and do better next time. Here are a few more pics for the friends who love to look at pictures and don't get bored by them: