Festival of Trees

One of my friends at work has a young nephew who is a cancer survivor. The people at Primary Children's were so amazing with their family that the family has done everything they possibly could to give back to the hospital. One of those things was putting on the Festival of Trees. My friend is on the committee and had some discounted tickets to go so I bought a bunch of tickets! All for a good cause :)

With Ben's work schedule, the only time we could go was on a Friday night... the busiest time of the week! It was so packed and crazy but we had fun. We walked around and looked at all the trees (ALL OF THEM), some of the wreaths that they had up, and a couple of the gingerbread houses. Peyton did a couple of the crafts they had for kids and then we watched a dance show. Peyton went right up to the front of the stage and danced with the performers (along with all the other of kids...). After we were done, we went and bought a couple of caramel apples to finish the trip. So yummy!! And again, all for a good cause.

There were so many people that she needed to hold 2 hands...

And of course, the only picture we took together is blurry... 

Oh well. 

Next year, my friend and I (and a couple of other people) are going to enter a tree together. So excited!!

Thanksgiving!

My absolute FAVORITE holiday is Thanksgiving!! The first year Ben and I got married, we did our own Thanksgiving and it was amazing. We haven't changed the menu since then and probably won't for a long LONG while (except the rolls... I can't ever make rolls! But this year, I was successful! Yes!). Usually, we invite all of our friends who are unable to go home for the holiday over to our place but this year, everyone had a place to go to so it was just us! We had so much food and even more leftovers. It was awesome.

The Menu:

Mashed Potatoes 

Honey Ham

Maple-brined Turkey

Sausage, Cranberry, Apple Stuffing

Green Bean Casserole

Maple Pecan pie

Apple pie

Yams

Rolls

Creamed Corn

Cranberry Sauce - from the can AND the bag 

(because you need the one from the can for leftover turkey sandwiches, right?)

3 different choices of drinks.... and no, not water, milk, or juice... haha

Temple Square

She loves her Auntie "Anna"

Best Friends

Our whole group... Sorry its a little blurry!