Christmas stuff and other stuff

So Erik got some time off for Christmas. He's not working Friday night or Saturday night before, so we'll leave on Friday morning and drive over to CO, then we'll be able to stay until wednesday, when he works at 10 pm that night. I'm excited. I haven't been home since the wedding and with my brother and his family having moved in since then, I think it'll be really fun.

Also, my mom's sister is planning on coming, so it'll be a little family reunion! :o) I wanna see if Dub & Sarah and their family can come. I think that if we all bribe them, they might do it.

anyway, so I'm excited for that. I've done some of my Christmas shopping. not a lot... but some...

Oh, and my mom was in town this weekend. Sarah and I had a brilliant idea for a birthday present for her when she was buying her temple clothes a few weeks ago. We thought that since my mom doesn't have a temple dress, maybe we could both buy one for her together! So we took her to the Distribution center and let her pick one out. It was fun. While we were looking at them, it was funny b/c she said, "I feel like a rich woman!" Which is funny b/c all the dresses there are not very expensive... And then the lady at the checkout gave us 50% off because my mom had never owned her own dress before. I liked it. I thought it was a good idea for a present.

So we had a busy weekend... we met up with my aunt and her family on Saturday. It was good. they adopted a baby girl with shaken baby syndrom a few years ago. I think she's about 4 now... I don't remember. But she is so adorable... she is autistic and about 50% blind. it's a really sad thing that someone would do to a baby... but she is so lovable and sweet. I really liked her. And it was good to see my other cousins, too. They seem to be doing ok... Doug is doing so much better. I guess he's been in a program for a few months to help him get on a good path... And now they want Me, Erik, and David to come visit them in St. George and go to Zions or something. I think that would be good. And maybe we could see the rest of the cousins if we do that.

Then that night we went to the mall. We walked past gamestop and saw Meryl inside so I stopped to say hi. then david ended up buying some games... well, my mom got them for him for his birthday... Which was on the 26th, and I made him dinner that night. It was really good. Chicken in orange sauce... and pretty easy too.

Anyway, I guess that's enough for today. We're going to a friend's house for Halloween tomorrow. We're gonna make cinnamon rolls and watch a movie. What are all of you doing for Halloween???

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ps: serve it with rice pilaf